Illinois Mine

Boise County, Idaho, United States

Gold

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryGold

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formLINEAR

Ore controlFracture Zone

Materials

GangueLimonite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockQuartz Monzonite

Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Aplite

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Discovery year1870

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References

ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 944 - C, P. 2291947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L. BULL. 944 -ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C, P. 229

Identification

Deposit ID10069860

MRDS IDW007591

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates43.88488, -115.78346