Rich Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069904
MRDS ID W007676
Record type Site
Current site name Rich Gulch Mine
Related records 10120638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78125, 43.01238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 2.25 MILES SW OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 004W 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W. SIDE OF FLORIDA MTN. NEAR HEAD OF RICH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78125, 43.01238

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones Or Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carson Div. Min. Co. ( 1972 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS IN 1922

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, S., 1922 , 24TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1922

  • Deposit

    1922 DIREXPL GOLD CRATER MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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