Gold Digger Prospect

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105569
MRDS ID W007831
MAS/MILS ID 0160450073
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Digger Prospect
Alternate or previous names Easter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31541, 43.85766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position A FEW HUNDRED FEET N. OF PEARL, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Of Willow Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation
  • (Local) Pyritized
  • (Local) Sericitized

Analytical data

Result THE PAY SHOOT YIELDED $38/TON FREE AU
Result 0.10 - 0.34 OZ AU/TON AND "CONSIDERABLE SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Quartz Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock type qualifier Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31541, 43.85766

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, POCKETS
    Strike N 81 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 85 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Oxidized, Pyritized

    Local -

  • Original ore control entry:

    Fissure Zone

  • Dip Varies 65 - 80 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West View District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Small Amount Of Au Ore Produced In 1895.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cuts And 2 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 5 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, Waldemar, 1897, The Mining Districts Of The Idaho Basin And The Boise Ridge, Idaho: USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt. Iii, P. 714

  • Production

    Lindgren, W., 1897, USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt. Iii, P. 714

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Boise Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamp. 41, P. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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