The Friday Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Gem county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.8503, -116.31440
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Friday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Friday Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Gem
District: West View 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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Felix Min. Co. ( 1972 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Pyritized
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLES OF SULFIDES AND QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.36 OZ AU/TON, 17.8 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S. Of The Leviathan And Higher On The Valley Slope
Comment (Development): 5 Patented Claims
Comment (Workings): A Shaft And Drifts, Inaccessible. Large Dump.
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Sericitized, Pyritized
Comment (Production): Prod: < $300,000
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1973 , 70th Ann. Rept. Of The Idaho Mine Inspector For 1972 .
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