Century Gold Project

Occurrence in Valley 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. 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 10266655
MRDS ID W013977
MAS/MILS ID 0160850371
Record type Site
Current site name Century Gold Project
Alternate or previous names Century Prospect, Century Prospect Area
Related records 10093514

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.18875, 44.91798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 010 E 12 NWNWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Challis Volcanic Group.

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE DUMP GRAB & TWO BEDROCK CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED: TRACE OF GOLD AND SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION IS CONTINUING AS OF 1996.

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 Mina Resources Ltd.
    Interest 51
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cactus West Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 49
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cactus West Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1995
    First year 1994
    Last year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Noramco Mining Corp. (Option Of 60%)
    Interest 60
    Year 1995
    First year 1994
    Last year 1995

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 18 METER LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO;USGS BULLETIN 1304,

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 69, 101.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P268.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P194.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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