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Silver Cord 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105565
MRDS ID W007728
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cord Vein Mine
Alternate or previous names South Poorman
Related records 10120506

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.70927, 43.00098 (WGS84)
Elevation 2248
Relative position SW OF WAR EAGLE, 1500 FT.

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)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON SILVER CORD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WORTH $30 A TON IN 1870

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVER BY WEIGHT IS 1:4

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) -116.70927, 43.00098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip W
    Width 1.22M

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
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR 1869 WAS $18,000 AND IN 1885 $6,976.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE HAS 5 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPT

  • 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

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