Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENSES, SEAMS, BUNCHES
Ore controlFissure Zone, Shear Zone, Fractures, Faults, Dike Intersections
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Bismuthinite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetradymite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Rhyolite,Granite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite,Dacite,Lamprophyre,Granite · Idaho Batholith-Diorite, Granite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Dacite, Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Lamprophyre
AlterationOxidation, Silicified, Sericitization, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1864
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10069872
MRDS IDW007615
Alternate namesConsolidated Gold Hill and Iowa Groups Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.96155, -115.98013
References
BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, 103 P.ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 257-265.ROSS, C.P., 1934, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 846-D, P. 239-277.JONES, E.L. JR., 1916, LODE MINING IN THE GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 640, P. 83-111.5) USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974: USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61P.6) IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JULY 1974-JUNE 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM.5) HUTTL, J.B., 1937, BOISE BASIN GOLD: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 138, NO. 6, P. 297-298.1916 GEOLMAP JONES, E.L.JR., BULL. 6401924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 91934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P., BULL. 846-D.1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C1975 COMPILE IDA. DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIESBALLARD, S. M., 1924, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9 ; ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944-C.