The Virginia L. Claims is a mercury mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.5964, -117.11810
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Virginia L. Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia L. Claims
Secondary: Lackey Mine
Secondary: Virginia L. Mercury Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Weiser
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1917-1944
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.5 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad - Crested Anticline
Type: L
Description: Local Structural Depression, Partly The Result Of Faulting.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE SNAKE RIVER
Comment (Development): SHORT EXPLORATIVE ADIT WAS DRIVEN IN 1941 ; ECON.COM: TOO LOW - GRADE AND SPARSE TO BE MINED PROFITABLY
Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF MINERALIZATION CONTAINS NARROW VEINLETS OF CINNABAR.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT ADIT. LAST OPERATED 1944.
Comment (Geology): IN A SMALL LANDSLIDE MASS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104 .
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
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