The Gold Dust Prospect is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.2378, -114.11030
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Gold Dust Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Dust Prospect
Secondary: Kirkpatrick
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Dust Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 10 - STAMP MILL, CONCENTRATOR, CYANIDE ANNEX. ; ECON.COM: MINERALIZATION NOT INTENSE
Comment (Location): WARDS GULCH, LEESBURG BASIN; GOLD DUST LOCATED BETWEEN GOLD RIDGE AND GOLD FLINT
Comment (Geology): GOLD DUST ON SAME FAULT PLANE AS GOLD FLINT, FAULT STRIKES N 18 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW. EROSION OF VEIN WAS SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD DOWNSTREAM
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903
Reference (Deposit): 1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528
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