The Golden Hand Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.2225, -115.32060
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Golden Hand Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Hand Mine
Secondary: Old Neversweat
Secondary: Neversweat
Secondary: Golden Antler
Secondary: Penn-Idaho
Secondary: Hand
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Edwardsburg 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Claude Elliot
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1934
Time Period: 1932-1934
Mined: 1485.000 mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Chloritization; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NEAR SURFACE ZONES AVERAGED ABOUT 0.4 TO 0.8 OZ AU/TON. OTHER SMALL VEIN SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.2 OZ AG/TON, TRACES AU, CU
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Best Sample Assayed 0.14 Oz Au, 25.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.22 % Cu, Trace Pb.
Comment (Production): High Grade Ore Milled From S. Side Cache Creek, $1200 Ore From N. Side. According To Cater And Others (1973), $44212 Total Production Value
Comment (Development): 26 Unpatented Claims; Small Straub Mill
Comment (Deposit): In Schist, Stringers Trend N 30 Deg W, Dip 25 Deg W
Comment (Workings): 18 Adits, Numerous Pits And Trenches
Comment (Geology): Yellowjacket Beds Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Sw On E. Side Hill; Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Ne On W. Side Hill; On N. Side Cache Creek, Deposit Is Quartz Vein In Bedding Planes Yellowjacket Form., S. Side Of Creek, Disseminated Deposits In Granodiorite
Comment (Location): Head Of Cache Creek; 6 Mi By Road Ne Of The Werdenhoff Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Production): Golden Hand Mine Produced 38781 Gram Gold And 8533 Gram Silver From 1485 Metric Tons Of High Grade Oxidized Ore During 1932-34. Analyzed Quartz Found In Place Or Sorted From The Dumps Of Old Workings Contained Trace Gold,6.8 Gram Silver Per Tonne.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 Recon F. W. Cater And Others, Bulletin 1304
Reference (Production): Items 8-10, Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44; Items 1, 2, Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039
Reference (Deposit): Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Geology And Ore Deposits Near Edwardsburg And Thunder Mountain, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44, 45 P.
Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kirkpatrick, G. E., 1974, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Big Creek Area, Valley And Idaho Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, P. 36 - 37.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44
Reference (Deposit): WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160490262
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