The Gold Shaft Group Prospect is a lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 48.6686, -116.15190
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Gold Shaft Group Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Shaft Group Prospect
Secondary: Metals Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range - Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: E - Dipping Contact Between Sill And Quartzite Is 40 To 50 Ft. E Of Shaft Collar.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)
Comment (Deposit): A Second Vein, 800 Ft S And Parallel To Above Vein In Strike And Dip, Is 2 Ft Wide
Comment (Workings): Equipment: Sinking Bucket, Hand - Mining Tools
Comment (Development): 8 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Location): On E. Slope Of Clifty Mountain
References
Reference (Deposit): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10
Reference (Deposit): Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E., 1956 Id Bur Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 102. 53 P.
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