Golden West

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241568
MRDS ID W014865
MAS/MILS ID 0160850064
Record type Site
Current site name Golden West
Alternate or previous names Potter, Palo Alto, Antimony Rainbow 0160850565
Related records 10105733

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.19661, 43.57022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1945
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.19661, 43.57022

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Independence Mines And Mineals Co.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS THE SAME MINE AS THE ANTIMONY RAINBOW MINE(0160850565)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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