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Golden Hand Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071678
MRDS ID W015192
MAS/MILS ID 0160490262
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Hand Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Neversweat, Neversweat, Golden Antler, Penn-Idaho, Hand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.32156, 45.22238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI BY ROAD FROM BIG CREEK, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 009E 26 SWNWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Of Cache Creek; 6 Mi By Road Ne Of The Werdenhoff Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Best Sample Assayed 0.14 Oz Au, 25.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.22 % Cu, Trace Pb.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation
  • (Local) Chloritization
  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result NEAR SURFACE ZONES AVERAGED ABOUT 0.4 TO 0.8 OZ AU/TON. OTHER SMALL VEIN SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.2 OZ AG/TON, TRACES AU, CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dikes-Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dikes-Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Schist, Schistose Argillite, Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Schist, Schistose Argillite, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.32156, 45.22238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 37 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints
  • Shearing
  • Contact
  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • Yellowjacket Beds Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Sw On E. Side Hill; Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Ne On W. Side Hill; On N. Side Cache Creek, Deposit Is Quartz Vein In Bedding Planes Yellowjacket Form., S. Side Of Creek, Disseminated Deposits In Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer J. M. Hand

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Claude Elliot
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1932-1934
    Ore mined 1485mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 8533g
    Major Gold Gold 38781g

Comments on the production information

  • High Grade Ore Milled From S. Side Cache Creek, $1200 Ore From N. Side. According To Cater And Others (1973), $44212 Total Production Value
  • Golden Hand Mine Produced 38781 Gram Gold And 8533 Gram Silver From 1485 Metric Tons Of High Grade Oxidized Ore During 1932-34. Analyzed Quartz Found In Place Or Sorted From The Dumps Of Old Workings Contained Trace Gold,6.8 Gram Silver Per Tonne.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • 18 Adits, Numerous Pits And Trenches

Comments on development

  • 26 Unpatented Claims; Small Straub Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Items 8-10, Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44; Items 1, 2, Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Geology And Ore Deposits Near Edwardsburg And Thunder Mountain, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    Kirkpatrick, G. E., 1974, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Big Creek Area, Valley And Idaho Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, P. 36 - 37.

  • Deposit

    1936 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon F. W. Cater And Others, Bulletin 1304

  • Deposit

    WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160490262

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit In Schist, Stringers Trend N 30 Deg W, Dip 25 Deg W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.

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