Golden Anchor Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105738
MRDS ID W014957
MAS/MILS ID 0160490010
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Anchor Mine
Alternate or previous names Holte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86348, 45.40767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 13.25 MI SW OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 005E 20,21 SENE (20) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S Slope Salmon River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Gneiss, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Foliation
Structure description Foliation, Faults (See Comments)
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Foliation Trends S 40 Deg W, Dip 30 - 60 Deg W; Faults Trend N 30 - 60 Deg E, Dip 30 - 70 Deg Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Fox

Mining district

District name Marshall Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Anchor Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Production About 30 Tons/Day

Comments on development

  • 50 - Ton Mill ; Econ.Com: Ratio Of Ag: Au From 2:1 To 20:1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-OCT-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references