Minnesota Mine

Owyhee County, Idaho, United States

Silver Gold

Land & claims · BLM · live

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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

PrimarySilver, Gold

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

Orebody formIRREGULAR

Ore controlIntersecting Vein Fissures

Materials

Ore mineralsGold

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite

Associated rockDiorite · Silver City Granite-Granodiorite

StructureCemented Breccia

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1866

Discovery year1865

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References

ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.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.1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 111968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138RAYMOND, R. W., 1872 - 1874 , 42ND, 43RD CONGRESSES, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS.

Identification

Deposit ID10089035

MRDS IDW007689

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates43.00598, -116.69457