Gold Hill

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289921
MRDS ID W007615
MAS/MILS ID 0160150013
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Pioneer
Related records 10069872

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.98626, 43.95878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1493
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007 N 004 E 09 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.98626, 43.95878

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON,A.L., 1947 USGS BULL. 944C P.257.

  • Deposit

    PROD: $2,225,000-PRIOR TO 1896 AND $4,000,000 AFTER

  • Deposit

    19 PATENTED AND 28 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    ALSO IOWA,SUNDAY, AND CONFEDERATE LODES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/10/2015
MSHA mine ID1002209
Mine name (MSHA)Gold Hill
Current operatorIdaho State Gold Company
Current controller (parent)Sima Muroff
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (308 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references