Verdun Group

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089043
MRDS ID W007879
MAS/MILS ID 0160390744
Record type Site
Current site name Verdun Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.32923, 43.43819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 2 MI N. OF PINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001 N 009 E 12 Idaho
Boise 001N 010E 18 NWNWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mi Up Sloan Gulch, 1/2 Mi W Of The Franklin Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 1.20 - 1.66 OZ. AU/TON, 2.9 - 3.5 OZ. AG/TON, 1.8 - 4.7% PB, 0 - 2.4% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.32923, 43.43819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $45,000 Total Production

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on development

  • 9 Unpatented Quartz Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR QUADRANGLE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26. P. 2

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 20

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, HAILEY QUAD, 439

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.