The Joe Branson Group is a mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.0522, -115.79220
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Joe Branson Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Joe Branson Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Boise Basin ; Grimes Creek District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT THE TOP OF GRIMES CREEK - PAYETTE RIVER DIVIDE, 3 MI. E OF GRIMES PASS.
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL LODES, 1 IN RHYOLITE DIKE, 1 IN IDAHO BATHOLITH
References
Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319
Reference (Deposit): BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS IN BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES BULL. 9
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