Sturgill Creek Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105600
MRDS ID W013012
Record type Site
Current site name Sturgill Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Adams

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05071, 44.67676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 30 MI N OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sturgill Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 006W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF STURGILL CR, HIGH ON N SIDE OF ITS VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLES ASSAYED 15.3 - 18.6 % MN, 1.5 - 2.0 % FE, 45 - 55 % SIO2, AND 0.045 - 1.0 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slate, Schist, Brecciated & Sericitic Phyllite, Limestone
    Rock description Slate, Schist, Brecciated & Sericitic Phyllite, Lst
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05071, 44.67676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHED
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 65 N.W.
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 4.57M
  • General form PINCHED
    Dip 65 N.W.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lamination Planes In Quartzite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHYLLITE STRIKES N 65 DEG. E., AND DIPS 60 - 80 DEG N.W. VEIN FOLLOWS LAMINATIONS IN QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sturgill Creek Area; Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Adams, T. F.
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS IN 500 - FT. STRIKE DISTANCE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSITS ARE TOO LOW - GRADE AND TOO SILICEOUS TO BE MINED PRESENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRINZ, W. C., 1964, MANGANESE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 116 - 119.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919 , TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE, MOLYBDEN, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO BULL., V. 14 , NO. 2 , P. 34 .

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1954, MINING GEOL. OF THE SEVEN DEVILS REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    1919 RECON UNIV. IDAHO BULL., V. 14 , NO. 2

  • Deposit

    1954 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMP. 97

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. SP. RPT. NO. 1

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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