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Gold Creek Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078392
MRDS ID W026698
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Moe Property, Troy Group
Related records 10120367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82212, 47.46017 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1.5 MI SW OF MULLAN

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 048N;047N 005E;005E 33,34;03,04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SMELTERVILLE TO MULLAN AREA INCLUDED IN DISTRICT. PLOTTED ON GALENA SHAFT AS MID-DISTRICT
  • BORDERED ON N BY ASARCO (FORMERLY MORNING MILL SITE), AND BY ATLAS, BOULDER CR, BANNER-IDAHO AND GEM STATE COS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 TO 4 OZ/TON AG AND ABOUT 6 INCHES OF 15 OZ/TON AG. TROY CLAIM ASSAYS SHOWED 13.8 OZ/TON AG
Result 5.6% PB
Result 1.56% CU. EAST OF TROY CLAIMS ASSAY OF 10.5 OZ/TON AG
Result 42.4% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;Revett Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt;Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82212, 47.46017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 1.68M
    Depth to top 256.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bueno-Coeur D'Alene, Inc. ( 1977 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Almquist, G. A. Almquist (Moe Min. Co.)

Comments on the production information

  • SUNSHINE MIN. CO. PRODUCED 8,200,000 OZ AG IN 1970 (D1). 1967 DISTRICT PRODUCTION WAS 16293000 OZ AG, 54791 TONS PB, 53498 TONS ZN, 2722 TONS CU AND 2332 TOZ. AU. 1968 PRODUCTION WAS 47858 TONS ZN, 41734 TONS PB, 2389 TONS CU, AND 931 OZ. AU. AG PRODUCTION IN 1966 WAS 18,500,000 OZ. THE 1974 PRODUCTION INCLUDED OVER 12.6 MILLION OZ. AG, 1600 OZ. AU, 55,200 TONS PB, 43,900 TONS ZN, AND 2300 TONS CU. IN 1884 TO 1974 , 135,626 TONS CU WAS PRODUCED. IN 1974 , THE DISTRICT ALSO PRODUCED 43,900 TONS ZN, 1,600 OZ AU, AND 2300 TONS CU.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL PRODUCTION 400 MILLION TO A BILLION OZ AG.
  • SILVER BELT IS AREA BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND PLACER CREEK AND IS REFERRED TO IN 2) AND 3) ABOVE; 1) ABOVE REFERS TO ENTIRE DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF TUNNEL AND SHALLOW SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 32 PATENTED CLAIMS. 1000 FT DIAMOND DRILLING AT 45 DEG IN 1976 . 600 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 500 SQ MI IN EXTENT; GIVEN STRIKE OF ALL THE MINERAL BELTS EXCEPT GOLCONDA-LUCKY FRIDAY; VEINS FOUND FROM SURFACE TO SEVERAL THOUSAND FT UNDERGROUND.
Deposit MOE-REINDEER QUEEN MINERAL BELT CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 40,000 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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