The Condor Mine is a gold mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.565, -117.06190
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Condor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Condor Mine
Secondary: Jessie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: District Is On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of East-Northeast Trend.
Type: L
Description: Basalt Dikes Have Been Intruded Along Faults, Which Displaced The Mineralized Veins.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE VEIN CARRIED $10 AU/TON (AU AT $20.67/OZ)
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MINERALIZED VEINS ARE BROKEN AND FAULTED, MAKING EXPLOITATION DIFFICULT
Comment (Location): 1/2 MI. ABOVE THE OLD TOWN OF MINERAL
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Workings): THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS ON ALMOST AS MANY VEINS. THE MAIN WORK IS THE JESSIE ADIT. VEINS TEND ENE, DIP 30 TO 75 DEG. NW.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHANNON, E. V., 1926, MINERALS OF IDAHO: U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131, P. 344.
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H. W., 1908, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.
Reference (Deposit): 1926 COMPILE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1952, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, WASH. CTY., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
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