The Golden West Mine is a antimony mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 45.1297, -115.40080
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Golden West Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden West Mine
Secondary: Potter
Secondary: Palo Alto
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Big Creek 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Profile - Smith Creek Dike Swarm
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FORK OF LOGAN CREEK
Comment (Production): ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO STIBNITE FOR TREATMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P 27
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M.S. THESIS, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF PAPER 525-
Reference (Production): LEONARD, B. F., 1965, USGS PROF. PAPER 525-B
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