Condor Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10105598
MRDS ID W012983
MAS/MILS ID 0160870022
Record type Site
Current site name Condor Mine
Alternate or previous names Jessie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06291, 44.56486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 MI. E. OF THE SNAKE RIVER, AT MINERAL, IDAHO; 20 MI. DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 09,10 NWNESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI. ABOVE THE OLD TOWN OF MINERAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ONE VEIN CARRIED $10 AU/TON (AU AT $20.67/OZ)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite;Diabase Dikes
    Rock description Quartz Diorite;Diabase Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06291, 44.56486

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Is On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of East-Northeast Trend.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Basalt Dikes Have Been Intruded Along Faults, Which Displaced The Mineralized Veins.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E N E
    Dip 45 N.W.
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 533.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS ON ALMOST AS MANY VEINS. THE MAIN WORK IS THE JESSIE ADIT. VEINS TEND ENE, DIP 30 TO 75 DEG. NW.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINERALIZED VEINS ARE BROKEN AND FAULTED, MAKING EXPLOITATION DIFFICULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHANNON, E. V., 1926, MINERALS OF IDAHO: U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131, P. 344.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1908, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1952, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, WASH. CTY., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    1926 COMPILE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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