Golden Age Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Thorium, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071605
MRDS ID W015092
MAS/MILS ID 0160490937
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Age Prospect
Alternate or previous names Meadow Creek, Easter Mine, Black Sam

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63628, 45.86157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI BY ROAD FROM FALL CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 007E 07 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Road Between Fall Creek (Town) And Newsome

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Petzite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss And Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.63628, 45.86157

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gneiss And Schist Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 70 Deg Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tenmile District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clearwater Gold Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marlow, Holder, And Wolson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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