Gold Dust Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093482
MRDS ID W013507
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust Prospect
Alternate or previous names Kirkpatrick
Related records 10290367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11123, 45.23769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1 MILE N. OF LEESBURG, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 020E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • WARDS GULCH, LEESBURG BASIN; GOLD DUST LOCATED BETWEEN GOLD RIDGE AND GOLD FLINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11123, 45.23769

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD DUST ON SAME FAULT PLANE AS GOLD FLINT, FAULT STRIKES N 18 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW. EROSION OF VEIN WAS SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD DOWNSTREAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Dust Co.

Comments on development

  • 10 - STAMP MILL, CONCENTRATOR, CYANIDE ANNEX. ; ECON.COM: MINERALIZATION NOT INTENSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.

  • Deposit

    1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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