The Boone Mine is a silver mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5711, -117.06920
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Boone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boone Mine
Secondary: Boon
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: Payette River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON A HIGH RIDGE NORTH OF MINERAL (OLD TOWN).
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 3 MAIN ADIT LEVELS CONNECTED BY RAISES, AND A STOPE FROM THE INTERMEDIATE TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): METALLIC MINERALS ARE FINE-GRAINED AND SHOW A TENDENCY TO FORM BANDED, DISCONTINUOUS CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING THE COLLOFORM.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO.0160870125.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9
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