| Deposit ID | 10071683 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015202 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Way Up Mine |
| Related records | 10290417 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.42406, 45.11208 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 |
| Relative position | 1.8 MI NE OF GREELEY MTN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Valley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 021N | 008E | 36 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Covellite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS AVERAGED 0.025 TO 0.04 OZ. AU AND 1.8 TO 2.5 OZ AG/TON |
|---|
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -115.42406, 45.11208 |
|---|
| Strike | N 15 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 DEG SE |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | Charles Crown |
| District name | Edwardsburg District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Payette National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Laufer, Joe Davis |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Joe Davis |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015202 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | EC_363 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
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.
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.
1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4
LINDSEY, E., 1958, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M. S. THESIS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE LITTLE VEIN STRIKES N 40 TO 50 DEG E, DIPS 35 TO 80 DEG SE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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