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Gold Coin Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105567
MRDS ID W007797
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Related records 10192693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43185, 48.18046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 8 MI SE OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talache(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 001W 22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 1.8 OZ AG/TON
Result 5.8% PB/TON
Result 0.56% CU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Siltite And Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Siltite And Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43185, 48.18046
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Rowe

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 464.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED, 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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