Hub Group

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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 10105773
MRDS ID W015672
MAS/MILS ID 0160230006
Record type Site
Current site name Hub Group
Alternate or previous names Rosa, Liberty, Lou Moore, Lost Mine, Mayflower

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.62058, 43.5063 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 18 MI WSW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champagne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 024E 08,09,16,17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Tributary Of S Fk Lava Creek About 2.5 Mi E Of Martin Post Office

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification
  • (Local) Sericitization
  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE IN 1 MINERALIZED ZONE RAN 200 OZ AG/TON
Result QUARTZ IN 1 VEIN RAN $19 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Latite Or Latite Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Latite Or Latite Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.62058, 43.5063

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENS, BLEBS
    Strike E-W
    Dip 60 DEG N
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation
  • Fissure Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry: Gouge
  • Concentration Process: Hypogene
  • Original Alteration entry: Silicification, Sericitization, Oxidation
  • Original Ore Control entry: Brecciation And Fissure Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • Production Value $90,000. A Small Amount Of Ag-Au Ore Was Produced In 1938.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Mineralization Very Erratic And Scattered

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32; Item 1, USBM, 1939, Mineral Yearbook For 1938

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1939, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1938, P. 335-358

  • Deposit

    Prinz, W. C., 1964, Mineral Resources-Manganese, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 116 - 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 Mineralized Zone Described Above; 1 Vein 350 Ft Long And 20-30 Ft Wide Had A Strike Of N 55 Deg E And 70 Deg Nw Dip; A Second Vein Trends N 63 Deg E And Dips 75 Deg Nw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 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.