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Golden Day Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070979
MRDS ID W014143
MAS/MILS ID 0160370349
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Potato Mtn. Mine, Golden Ray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90514, 44.32158 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1 MI E OF POTATO MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 013E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On the NE Side of Potato Mtn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Smelter Returns (1937) Showed Ore Contained (Besides Au, Ag) 5.1% Fe, 2.3% Pb, 0.5% Zn, 0.1% As, 0.7% S

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90514, 44.32158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault N 72 Deg E, 75 Deg N

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, PODS
    Strike N 72 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG N
    Thickness 2.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone N 72 Deg E, 75 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Walter Lynch
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ivan W. Day

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.74 Oz Au, 14.6 Oz Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 49g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 412g/mt
  • Year 1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.56 Oz Au, 3.2 Oz Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 90g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 2 Shipments Made In 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • Some Surface Cuts

Comments on development

  • 12 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 357, P. 187.

  • Production

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, P. 92

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Second Vein N 72 Deg E, 75 Deg N In Lower Adit

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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