Mother Lode Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10105753
MRDS ID W015113
MAS/MILS ID 0160490064
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names General Grant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41128, 45.80267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SE OF ELK CITY ON THE ELK CITY - DIXIE ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 008E 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Analytical data

Result VEIN ASSAYED $10 TO $20/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Augen Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41128, 45.80267

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG S
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Henry Turner
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Brown
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp. (ICMC)
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1997
    First year 1996

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 108.2M

Comments on development

  • 4 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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