Black Jack-Trade Dollar Mine

The Black Jack-Trade Dollar Mine is a silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Jack-Trade Dollar Mine
Secondary: Colorado
Secondary: Blaine
Secondary: Blaine Extension
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Black Bart
Secondary: Pluto
Secondary: South Pluto
Secondary: Caroline
Secondary: Fraction
Secondary: Empire State
Secondary: Phillip
Secondary: Sullivan
Secondary: Belfast
Secondary: Alpine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Carson 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Trade Dollar Mining And Milling Co.

Owner Name: Morrison - Knudsen Co., Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: NARROW SEAM

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization; Kaolinization; Sericitization; Silicification

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 40 OZ AG AND .25 OZ. GOLD PER TON. FOR TOTAL PRODUCTION, GOLD TO SILVER RATIO AT 1:138.6

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Naumannite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Vivianite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AS IN THE BLACK JACK THE ORE VEIN FOLLOWS A DARK BASALT DIKE. THE BEST ORE IS FOUND IN GRANITE

Comment (Workings): 4 ORE SHOOTS RAKE 45 DEG S IN THE VEIN. ABOUT 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF VEIN WERE STOPED IN THE MINE.

Comment (Geology): BASALT LATITE UNIT - BASALT AND LATITE.

Comment (Location): ON SOUTHERN SLOPE OF FLORIDA MOUNTAIN

Comment (Production): $102,452 OF AG-AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1882. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FROM BLACK JACK MINE IS $2.9 MILLION.

Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 11 PATENTED CLAIMS AND SEVERAL OTHERS NOT PATENTED.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S. P. 75-205 (PT. 3).

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1930 , ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1929 , P. 188

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): 5) PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926 , GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11 , 165 P.

Reference (Deposit): 6) PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN, 20TH ANN. REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11

Reference (Deposit): 1939 DIREXPL MORRISON-KNUDSEN INC.

Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES. PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11 , P. 118 . LINDGREN, W., 1898 , USGS 20TH ANN. REPT. PT. 3 .

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