Gold Slide Group

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096367
MRDS ID W015252
MAS/MILS ID 0160490785
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Slide Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Slide & Apex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.26066, 45.21658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 7 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

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 010E 29 NWNWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 0.05 OZ AU/TON
Result TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.26066, 45.21658

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer R. B. Mac Gregor

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 Pits And Trenches

Comments on development

  • 3 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE ELK CITY QUAD., IBMG MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, VE MITCHELL, ET AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-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.