Coon Dog Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105547
MRDS ID W007575
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Dog Mine
Related records 10289521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.80566, 44.03818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 8 MI. SE OF GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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 008N 005E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 1/2 MI NE OF GOLDEN AGE MINE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOT NO. 2 AU - .10 OZ, AG - 14.6 OZ, ZN - 7.2%, CU - 5.56% (CARLOAD SHIPMENT)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Analytical data

Result LOT NO. 1: AU - .15 OZ, AG - 13.4 OZ, PB - .85%, ZN - 7.1%, CU - 4.95% (CARLOAD SHIPMENT)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite-Idaho Batholith;Rhyolite Porphyry;Quartz Diorite Dike;Basic Dikes (Basalt)
    Rock description Granite-Idaho Batholith;Rhyolite Porphyry;Quartz Diorite Dike;Basic Dikes (Basalt)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.80566, 44.03818

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes, Fissure Fillings Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grimes Homestake Gold Mines Consolidated, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOAD SHIPMENT FROM COON DOG I

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN COON DOG NO. 9 THE QUARTZ VEINS ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN A 200 FOOT RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE; M170 REFERS TO NO. 9 WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL. 9.

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C.

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Moody, Ula L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R.; Iller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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