The Mineral Hill Group Mine is a gold mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.9856, -115.90830
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Mineral Hill Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Hill Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Sulfides
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Boise Basin
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULPHIDES PANNED FROM THE GANGUE WITH A CONCENTRATION RATIO OF 7.4 TO 1, ASSAYED 7.60 OZ AU AND 0.8 OZ AG.
Materials
Ore: Bismuth
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AU FORMERLY OBTAINED BY AMALGAMATION AVERAGED ABOUT 935 FINE.
Comment (Location): ON DIVIDE BETWEEN HEADS OF ALDER AND OPHIR CREEKS.
Comment (Production): SLIGHTLY OVER $32,000 PRODUCED UNDER PRESENT MANAGEMENT. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY FORMER OWNERS REPORTED AS $53,000
Comment (Development): 7 PATENTED AND 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 50 - TON AMALGAMATION MILL AND ENTIRE SURFACE PLANT DESTROYED BY 1931 FOREST FIRE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C
Reference (Production): BALLARD, S. M., 1924,: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): BALLARD, S. M., 1924; GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 282-283.
Reference (Deposit): 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 9
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