Prospects North of Lotspiech

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193750
MAS/MILS ID 0160850593
Record type Site
Current site name Prospects North of Lotspiech
Alternate or previous names Gold Coin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.40626, 45.05018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2340
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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 020 N 009 E 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.40626, 45.05018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, JULY 18, 1914, PAGE 111.

  • Deposit

    IBMG PAMPH 44, 1936

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-85, 1985, TABLE 5,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7, P. 104.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CAVED ADITS, ON SHALLOW CAVED SHAFT. 4 SAMPLES TAKEN BY USBM. NO AU OR AG DETECTED. WEAKLY ALTERED, IRON-STAINED, FRACTURED QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH WEAK QUARTZ VEINLETS AND SPARESELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JUN-1996 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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