Gold Coin Mine

Unknown in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144925
MRDS ID W026624
MAS/MILS ID 0160790484
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Alternate or previous names Fannie Group
Related records 10078338

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.90133, 47.61407 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049 N 004 E 11 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ARE ABOUT A HALF MILE UP TRAIL CREEK FROM THE OLD TOWN OF THIARD. WORKINGS ARE ABOUT 350 FEET ABOVE THE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Prichard Formation.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Blaine And Sam Ward

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IBMG, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE WALLACE QUAD., IDAHO, 1981,

  • Deposit

    HUSTEDDE, ET AL.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, 1938, IBMG-P-47.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 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.