The Basque Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Gem county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.8578, -116.33060
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Basque Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basque Mine
Secondary: Shamrock Mine
Secondary: Margerette
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Gem
District: West View District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Form: STREAKS AND VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Description: Porphyry
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NORTH BASQUE: 0.21 OZ AU/TON, 23.7 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: BASQUE: 2.29 OZ AU/TON, 19.0 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Owyheeite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): S. Side Of Willow Cr.
Comment (Production): Prior To 1897, Some Ore Was Shipped
Comment (Workings): 80 Ft Crosscut & Drifts
Comment (Commodity): Appreciable Quantities Of Ruby Silver.
Comment (Development): 2 Lodes; The Basque And The North Basque
Comment (Location): Adjoins The Checkmate On The West
Comment (Workings): Main Working Shaft And Several Tunnels.
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L. 1939, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 2
Reference (Deposit): Mines And Prospects Of The Boise Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.
Reference (Deposit): Lindgren, Waldemar, 1897, The Mining Districts Of The Idaho Basin And Boise Ridge, Idaho: USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt. Iii, P. 714
Reference (Production): Lindgren, W., 1897, 18th Ann. Rept. Of USGS, Pt. Iii, P. 714
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