The Golconda Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,025 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 3,025 Feet (922 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.47639, -115.87167
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Golconda Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter, Lelande)
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Golconda Mining Corp. ( H. F. Magnuson, 1977 )
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.6 Oz/Ton Ag, 5.3% Pb, 3.8% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON COEUR D'ALENE RIVER
Comment (Development): 67 PATENTED, 34 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA-LUCKY FRIDAY MINERAL BELT HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 32,000 FT. DIP OF VEIN VARIES 50 - 75 DEG S
Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA MINING CORP. DID EXTENSIVE ROAD BUILDING, WORKED ON 5 MI ACCESS ROADS, AND REMOVED OVER 100000 CUBIC YARDS EARTH IN TRENCHING IN 1966 . GOLCONDA LEAD MINES (INCORP. IN 1927 ) CHANGED TO GOLCONDA MIN. CORP. NAME IN 1962 . EARLY IN 1974 , CERRO CORP GOT OWNERSHIP OF OVER 85 % VOTING CONTROL OF GOLCONDA CORP.
References
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 9 , 1967
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 92
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445
Reference (Deposit): 1966 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S 66TH ANN. REPT.
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173
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