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Golden Gate Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097431
MRDS ID W014196
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate Occurrence
Related records 10241846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48906, 44.94268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 2 MI S. YELLOW PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 019N 008E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI W OF COPPER KING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY AVG. $5/TON AU AND A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -115.48906, 44.94268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Electronic Metals, Inc.

Comments on development

  • MILL; GOLDEN GATE EXPLORED AT PRESENT FOR TUNGSTEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., 1926, ANTIMONY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 780, P. 137 - 167.

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1926 RECON SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 780

  • Deposit

    1974 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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