Kilgore

Prospect in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119861
MAS/MILS ID 0160330080
Record type Site
Current site name Kilgore
Alternate or previous names Kilgore Deposit, Kilgore Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.65804, 44.55241 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Red Rock Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.65804, 44.55241

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Mining district

District name Kilgore

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Placer Dome U. S., Inc.
    Interest 49
    Home office California
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
    Last year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Interest 51
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
    Last year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Placer Dome U. S., Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1996
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • ECHO BAY MINES, INC., CAN EARN A 51% INTEREST IN PROPERTY. ECHO BAY MINES, INC., ACQUIRED 51% OF PROPERTY BY SPENDING $2.5MIL. IN EXPLORATION COSTS FORM JUNE 94, TO JUNE 1996. AS OF JAN. 4, 1997 ECHO BAY MINES, INC. AGREED TO ACQUIRE THE REMAINING 49% OF THE PROJECT.

Comments on the production information

  • ECHO BAY MINES, INC., IS CURRENTLY ACTIVELY EXPLORING THIS PROPERTY. 40 DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED IN 1995.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Inferred 8164663mt ore
    Total resources 8164663mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.509 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 15422141mt ore
    Total resources 15422141mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.2 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P91.

  • Ownership

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN., 1, 1997, P1.

  • Ownership

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JAN. 4, 1997, VOL. 86, #1, P21.

  • Ownership

    PAY DIRT, N691, JAN., 1997, PP. 30, 31.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P272.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P198.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 4, 1996, P39.

  • Deposit

    ECHO BAY MINES INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, & FORM 10-K REPORT,

  • Deposit

    P23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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