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Golden West Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Tungsten, Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105733
MRDS ID W014865
Record type Site
Current site name Golden West Mine
Alternate or previous names Potter, Palo Alto
Related records 10241568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40176, 45.12958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3.5 MI W OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FORK OF LOGAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dikes-Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dikes-Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40176, 45.12958
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Profile - Smith Creek Dike Swarm

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Evert Potter

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO STIBNITE FOR TREATMENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P 27

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF PAPER 525-

  • Production

    LEONARD, B. F., 1965, USGS PROF. PAPER 525-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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