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Kimberly Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090179
MRDS ID W015182
MAS/MILS ID 0160490185
Record type Site
Current site name Kimberly Mine
Alternate or previous names Summit Silver, Inc., Hickson, Bishop, New Fisher, Union Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85654, 45.39709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI E OF RIGGINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 005E 20, 21, 28 C S2 (20) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Of Bear Creek; 1 Mile By Road S. Of Golden Anchor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ABOUT 0.5 OZ AU/TON
Result HAND SELECTED SAMPLES HAD 40 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 80 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG S
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Mining method Combined Methods
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Marshall Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kimberly Gold Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office 605 East 8th Street\nUnit C\nPost Falls ID 83854\n
    First year 2005
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Run Mining Co.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summit Silver, Inc.
    Interest 100
    First year 1989
    Last year 2007
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Westcan Uranium Corp.
    Interest 50
    First year 2007

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 83200mt ore
    Remarks RESERVES INCLUDE 42,000 ST GRADING 0.5 OZ/ST AU IN THE FISHER ZONE, 4,000 ST GRADING 0.4 OZ/ST AU IN THE HINKSON-BISHOP #1 ZONE, AND 45,700 ST GRADING BETWEEN 0.5 AND 0.58 OZ/ST AU IN THE HINKSON-BISHOP #2.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 17.57 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Comments on development

  • 41 Unpatented Claims. 100 Ton/Day Mill. Kimberly Gold Mines, Inc. Merged Into Summit Silver Mid - 1974. Traced By Cuts And Float.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Aug. 13, 1974.

  • Production

    Spokane Chronicle, Aug. 13, 1974

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1904, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903.

  • Deposit

    Randol Mining Directory, 1994/95, U.S. Mines & Mining Companies, P272.

  • Deposit

    Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines & Mining Companies, Pp. 198, 199.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-75 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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