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Silver Wreath Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  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 10089054
MRDS ID W007912
MAS/MILS ID 0160450064
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Wreath Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.29657, 43.85878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 1/2 MI E. OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Willow Cr. Slope 3/4 Mi Se Of Crown Point Hill.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation
  • (Local) Pyritization

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE YIELDED $40/TON (AU?)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    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) -116.29657, 43.85878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 79 DEG E
    Dip N
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation, Pyritization
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West View Dist

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, Waldemar, 1897, The Mining Districts Of The Idaho Basin And The Boise Ridge, Idaho: USGS 18th Ann. Rep. Pt. Iii, 71

  • Production

    Lindgren, W., 1897, USGS 18th Ann. Rept. Pt. Iii, P. 716

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Boise Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. 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.

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