The Boise Basin Improvement Co. Mine is a gold mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.9625, -115.97440
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Boise Basin Improvement Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boise Basin Improvement Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: LENSES, PATCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized; Mn Oxides ; Sericite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 5 - POUND AVERAGE CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 11.20 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF GOLD HILL
Comment (Production): HAS PRODUCED $36,000 FROM OXIDIZED PORTIONS OF TWO VEINS, AND ABOUT $27,000 WAS RECOVERED FROM PLACERING IN CALIFORNIA GULCH (BELOW VEIN OUTCROPS).
Comment (Development): 33 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
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): 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL.
Reference (Production): BALLARD, S. M., 1924,: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9.
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