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Hiatt Group

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Bismuth, Silver, 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 10093409
MRDS ID W007604
Record type Site
Current site name Hiatt Group
Alternate or previous names Group Later Included With Saunders Prop.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93124, 43.9746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 MI. N. OF PLACERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 004E 01 Idaho

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • FORMER PLACER MINERS OBTAINED CONSIDERABLE BISMUTH WITH COARSE GOLD, IN THEIR SLUICE BOXES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF SELECTED SPECIMENS SHOW A HIGH SILVER CONTENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93124, 43.9746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 80.94HA
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • 200 ACRES, A LARGE PORTION OF WHICH IS PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, 103 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Murphy, Lyn S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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