Gold Shaft Group Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Uranium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069963
MRDS ID W007772
MAS/MILS ID 0160210037
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Shaft Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Metals Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15295, 48.66847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 8 MI SE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moyie Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 002E 01 C NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On E. Slope Of Clifty Mountain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15295, 48.66847

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E - Dipping Contact Between Sill And Quartzite Is 40 To 50 Ft. E Of Shaft Collar.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 77 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.9M
    Overall depth 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • Equipment: Sinking Bucket, Hand - Mining Tools

Comments on development

  • 8 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    Cook, E., 1956 Id Bur Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 102. 53 P.

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A Second Vein, 800 Ft S And Parallel To Above Vein In Strike And Dip, Is 2 Ft Wide

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.