The Tunnel Group Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 42.7619, -116.92970
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Tunnel Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tunnel Group Mine
Secondary: Parts of Washington
Secondary: Idaho
Secondary: Oregon Claims. All of New York
Secondary: Vermont
Secondary: Maine Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: South Mountain 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vida Consolidated Mines
Years: 1926 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.32 OZ. AU, 9.6 OZ. AG, AND 4% PB.
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): N. OF WESSELS CREEK
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET
Comment (Deposit): DIORITE IS MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY, WITH AN EXCESS OF HORNBLENDE OVER BIOTITE. THE LIMESTONE IS WHITE, BLOCKY AND MARBLEIZED, WITH STREAKS OF BLACK SILICA.
References
Reference (Deposit): SORENSON, R. E., 1927, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 22, 47 P
Reference (Deposit): 1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 2
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