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Golconda Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241625
MRDS ID W026715
MAS/MILS ID 0160790085
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Mine
Related records 10078404

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.87322, 47.47627 (WGS84)
Elevation 923
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048 N 005 E 30 NWSESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.87322, 47.47627
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Hunter District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golconda Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 12-75 CROSBY (1959) LISTS TOTAL PRODUCTION AS 314,321 SHORT WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 3.6 OZ AG PER TON, 5.3% PB AND 3.8%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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