Fourth of July Mine

Plant in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134515
MAS/MILS ID 0160850627
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.36266, 45.12298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edwardsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 009 E 28 C S2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.36266, 45.12298

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1992
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walker Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ivy Minerals, Inc.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Independent Mines And Metals Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Independent Mines And Metals Corp.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1994
    Last year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Independent Mines And Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1990
    Last year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1996
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Production Estimate 20 Short Tons/Day

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 9072mt ore
    Total resources 9072mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 20.57 g/mt Gold Major 1996
    Silver Ag 20.57 g/mt Silver Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LEAD AND TUNGSTEN GRADES WERE NOT REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P196.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/91, RANDOL INTERNATIONAL, LDT

  • Deposit

    1990, 156.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P270.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-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.