The Illinois Central Vein Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.0058, -116.70690
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Illinois Central Vein Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Illinois Central Vein Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
Year First Production: 1875
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RUNNING $73 A TON IN 1898
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN (ON SW SLOPE)
Comment (Production): $24278 PRODUCTION IN 1873; ORE WORTH $73/TON
Comment (Development): MINE CLOSED IN 1883, BUT REOPENED IN LATE 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, 165 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: USGS, 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205.
Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPT
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138
Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11
Reference (Production): ASHER, R.R., 1968, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P. RAYMOND, R. W., 1874 , 43RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. 141 , P. 242 - 244 .
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