Pauper Vein Mine

The Pauper Vein Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pauper Vein Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: French District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE WORTH $33 A TON TO 1870.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar

Comments

Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED IN 1875 WAS 4 TONS, CONTAINING $448 IN GOLD AND $209 IN SILVER. $1,200 WORTH WAS MINED IN 1869.

Comment (Location): ABOUT .75 MI SW OF WAR EAGLE SUMMIT ON SILVER CORD GULCH; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOISE 1:250000

Comment (Commodity): VEIN THOUGHT TO BE BRANCH OF POORMAN VEIN

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PT. 3).

Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205.

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, 41ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESS., HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. NO. 207, P. 233 - 247. RAYMOND, R. W., 1873, 42ND CONGRESS, 3RD SESS., HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. NO. 210, P.189 - 205.

Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REP

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