Bishop Vein Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105554
MRDS ID W007648
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Vein Mine
Alternate or previous names Addie Consolidated Mining Co
Related records 10144985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72097, 43.01348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position LOCATED DUE WEST OF WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN; .5 MI SE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003W 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROAD RUNNING FROM WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN TO SILVER CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Owyhee Volcanics-Basalt, Rhyolite;Cret-Tert;Silvery City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Owyhee Volcanics-Basalt, Rhyolite;Cret-Tert;Silvery City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72097, 43.01348

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Addie Consolidated Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 853.44M

Comments on development

  • 8 AND A FRACTION PATENTED CLAIMS. MILL IN 1898 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS, 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205.

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A.M. AND LANEY, F.B., 1926 , GEOLOGY AND METALIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11 , 165 P.

  • Deposit

    PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOCHEM IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 162

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP VARIES 65 - 90 DEG E. THE 3 VEINS MAY BE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN VEINS OF FLORIDA AND WAR EAGLE MTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Benjamin, David A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y. (Miller, Pat J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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