The Rich Gulch Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.0125, -116.78028
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Rich Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rich Gulch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Carson District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Carson Div. Min. Co. ( 1972 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON W. SIDE OF FLORIDA MTN. NEAR HEAD OF RICH GULCH
Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1922
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS IN 1922
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1922 , 24TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1922
Reference (Deposit): 1922 DIREXPL GOLD CRATER MIN. CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138
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