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Trook and Jennings Vein Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee 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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105563
MRDS ID W007714
Record type Site
Current site name Trook and Jennings Vein Mine
Related records 10168710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71597, 43.01408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 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 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT SOUTH OF ROAD FROM WAR EAGLE MOUNT. TO SILVER CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinite Present

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite, Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71597, 43.01408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 228.6M
    Width 0.06M

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL PAY SHOOT PRODUCED $75,000 IN ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PT. 3)

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPOR

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Benjamin, David A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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