Golden Cycle Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069850
MRDS ID W007577
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Cycle Mine
Related records 10192702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66375, 44.01318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5 1/2 MI SW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 007E 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JUST BELOW THE SHARP TURN IN ROCK CR., 1 1/2 MI NE OF LOWER END OF SUMMIT FLAT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE GOLD VISIBLE TO THE UNAIDED EYE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NONE OF THE ORE MILLED GRADED LESS THAN 1 OZ. AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dikes;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dike;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Rhyolite Dikes;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dike;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66375, 44.01318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike E
    Dip SUBVERTICAL
    Length 91.44M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin ; Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph Bradley

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN, MINE WAS ONE OF THE BETTER PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • FAULT NEAR THE FACE N 45 DEG E 70 DEG SE, LITTLE DISPLACEMENT. ALSO DISPLACED 18 INCHES BY A LOW ANGLE W DIPPING FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C. P. 249

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975 ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974 , USBM BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, BULL 944 - C

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING 1974

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C., P. 249

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references