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Gold Coin Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078338
MRDS ID W026624
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Alternate or previous names Fannie Group
Related records 10144925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90133, 47.61407 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Relative position .5 MI UP TRAIL CREEK FROM OLD TOWN OF THAIRD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 004E 12 SW OF NW OF NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Apatite

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS INDICATED 0.1 TO 1.76 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Better Ore Occurs Near Fold Axes

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 17 TO 20 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Blaine And Sam Ward, Francis Jenkins

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hypotheek Mining And Milling Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. J. Van Curen

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.1 - 1.76 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 26g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 160.32M

Comments on development

  • 5 LODE AND 2 PLACER CLAIMS; MILL IN DUNCAN GULCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS OF QUARTZ RANGES FROM 2 TO 36 INCHES, PROBALLY AVERAGES 15 INCHES.

Reporter information

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

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