The Ternan Belshazzar Group is a gold mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.9431, -116.01110
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Ternan Belshazzar Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ternan Belshazzar Group
Secondary: Idawa Development Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Boise Basin
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. J. Casey
Owner Name: Idawa Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Boise Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND KIDNEYS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED FROM .10 TO 7.45 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): TAPS CENTENNIAL VIEN AND BELSHAZZAR LODE ON EAST SLOPE OF BOISE RIDGE.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION $579,518.78. A RECOVERY OF $10.50 PER TON WAS MADE BY AMALGAMATION. RECOVERED $60,000 FROM PLACER MINING THE SURFACE AREA.
Comment (Development): 14 CLAIMS. FORMER OWNERS PLACER - MINED THE SURFACE OVER AREA OF ABOUT 30 ACRES AND RECOVERED $60,000.
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IBM & G BULL. 9, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 846 - D, P. 264.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE US BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 MINING ACTIVITY
Reference (Production): ROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, USGS BULL. 846 - D
Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOLMAP A. L. ANDERSON BULL. 944-C.
Reference (Deposit): 1933 OTHER C. P. ROSS, BULL. 846 - D
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944-C. P. 277 - 282
Reference (Deposit): 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 9
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