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Gayety Vein Deposit

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096349
MRDS ID W015014
MAS/MILS ID 0160490253
Record type Site
Current site name Gayety Vein Deposit
Alternate or previous names Getty, Troll, Gaiety Mountain Gold, IDK Mine, Gayety-IDK Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66847, 45.23267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 2.25 MI SSE OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 24, 25 NESENW (25) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Dike-Lamprophyre;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Dike-Lamprophyre;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66847, 45.23267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Thickness 0.1M

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 Warren District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Flynn And A Partner

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • Work Mostly Tunnels

Comments on development

  • Small Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-JAN-1997 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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