Gold Coin Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071224
MRDS ID W014494
MAS/MILS ID 0160370176
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.07234, 44.26568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 7.5 MI NW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(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

Sawtooth 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 011N 012E 21 NWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES: TRACE OR LESS AU AND AG
Result 1 SAMPLE: 0.05 OZ AG/TON, 0.26% CU.

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Thompson Peak Formation-Gneiss
    Rock description Thompson Peak Formation-Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.07234, 44.26568

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Metamorphic And Batholithic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-NOV-1992 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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