Atlanta Gold Mines Corporation

Past Producer in Elmore 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070029
MRDS ID W007870
MAS/MILS ID 0160390057
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Gold Mines Corporation
Alternate or previous names Washington, Gold Nugget, Wonder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12813, 43.79379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position .5 MI S OF ATLANTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 011E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOWER QUARTZ GULCH; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOISE 1:250000; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ONE ASSAY REPORTS $40 AU/TON FROM RICH ORE VEIN 12 TO 18 INCHES WIDE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12813, 43.79379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation, Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, LENSES , POD
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG NE
    Length 457.2M
    Width 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Atlanta District Or Middle Boise District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST 6,406 OZ WERE PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 146.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS, MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 20 STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1939, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, ATLANTA DISTRICT, ELMORE CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49, P. 67

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1939, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 49, P. 67

  • Deposit

    Josey, W.L., 2009, National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report and Resource Estimate of the Atlanta Project Elmore County, Idaho, USA, prepared for Atlanta Gold Inc, Toronto, Canada. March 30, 2009, 83 p

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit . IN UPPER TUNNEL, LODE IS CUT OFF BY FAULT THAT STRIKES N 40 DEG E, DIPS VERTICALLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-75 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-76 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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