Golconda Lead Mines

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107890
MRDS ID D003184
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Lead Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87602, 47.46654 (WGS84)
Elevation 988

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 038N 005E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation; St. Regis Formation
    Rock description Wallace;Wallace;St. Regis;St. Regis

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hunter And Lelande Districts

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1927 - 1955
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 5.4 % Pb, 3.81 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Lead Lead 5wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Period 1927 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.845 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 122g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references