Golden Hope Claims Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096211
MRDS ID W007771
MAS/MILS ID 0160210038
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Hope Claims Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16825, 48.60377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 2 1/2 TO 3 MI SE OF CLIFTY MOUNTAIN; 9 1/2 MI SE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 002E 26,35 NWNWSE (26) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Gabbro And Diabase Or Diorite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Gabbro And Diabase Or Diorite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16825, 48.60377

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 47 DEG E
    Length 731.52M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • One Short Drift; Equipment: Cabin And Some Hand Mining Tools.

Comments on development

  • 4 Claims ; Econ.Com: Picked Sample Assayed 3.8 Oz Ag/Ton, And No Au.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10

  • Deposit

    Metals Mining Company

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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