Golden Way Up Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071683
MRDS ID W015202
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Way Up Mine
Related records 10290417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42406, 45.11208 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.8 MI NE OF GREELEY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 008E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN FALL CREEK AND N. FK. LOGAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Covellite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVERAGED 0.025 TO 0.04 OZ. AU AND 1.8 TO 2.5 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42406, 45.11208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Discoverer Charles Crown

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Laufer, Joe Davis
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Davis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDSEY, E., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M S THESIS, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

  • Production

    LINDSEY, E., 1958, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M. S. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LITTLE VEIN STRIKES N 40 TO 50 DEG E, DIPS 35 TO 80 DEG SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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