Black Lake Mine

Past Producer in Adams 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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105596
MRDS ID W012959
MAS/MILS ID 0160030027
Record type Site
Current site name Black Lake Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho Gold Coin, Summit Claims, Maid of Erin Claims, Summit Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5691, 45.18657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 12 MI. N. E. OF LANDORE. 9 1/4 MI. N. E. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purgatory Saddle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 002W 03 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • None Of Ore Was Crushed Below 20 Mesh

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5691, 45.18657

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 762M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Gold Coin Mining And Milling Co. ( 1915 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry A. And B. F. Salzer

Comments on the production information

  • Item 8 From Claim Group 1, Averaging $10/Ton. Claim Group 2 Averaged $12/Ton In Au. Total Production Value $125,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 975.36M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Tunnels On Each Claim Group

Comments on development

  • 10 Patended Claims. Cyanide Plant And Tram.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D.C., And Laney, F.B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 35-37

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1

  • Production

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Id. Burr. Mines & Geol. Bulletin 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein Attitude Given Above Is On One Claim Group; Vein On Second Claim Group Strikes N 15 Deg E, Dips 70 Deg Nw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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