The Black Hawk Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5608, -117.06330
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Black Hawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
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
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: Cuddy 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, Sericitization, Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 27 SMELTER SAMPLES FROM UPPER ORE ZONE (1904) AVERAGED 28 OZ. AG/TON AND .9% CU
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF LOWER ZONE: 10 OZ. AG/TON AND 1.25% CU.
Materials
Ore: Wurtzite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE IN 1890'S WAS 4.2% CU; .4% PB; 5.2% ZN; 19.25 OZ. AG AND .005 OZ. AU/TON.
Comment (Production): AVERAGE ORE GRADES GIVEN ABOVE; (9) IS AFTER 5% BROKEN ORE AND (10) IS UNSORTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADIT LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR. FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE. THE ROCK HAS UNDERGONE ALTERATION TO PRODUCE SERICITIC PRODUCTS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF DENNETT CREEK JUST ABOVE THE MARIA GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 0160870125.
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