Almaden Mine

The Almaden Mine is a gold mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,599 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Almaden Mine
Secondary: Idaho-Almaden Mine
Secondary: Osa-Anna
Secondary: Nutmeg
Secondary: Main Mine
Secondary: Stinking Water Basin
Secondary: Cove Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Weiser

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Freegold Ventures Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 700 West Georgia Street Suite 1750 Vancouver BC V7Y 1B6 Canada
Info Year: 2008
Years: 2001 -

Owner Name: Rare Metals Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production

Year: 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9.36 Lb Hg/Ton Recovered
Year: 1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5.75 Lb Hg/Ton
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.45 Lb Hg/Ton
Year: 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.78 Lb Hg/Ton
Year: 1956
Material type: HG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Recovered 3.4 Lb Hg/Ton Ore
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Epithermal
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Nutmeg Mountain

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: Broad - Crested Parallel Anticlines. Deposit Located On The Crest Of A Long Anticline.

Type: L
Description: Local Structural Depression, Partly The Result Of Faulting.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration, Silicification , Opalitization

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE RAN 6 LB HG PER TON. MOST ORE WAS COMPARATIVELY LOW GRADE. SELECTIVELY MINED TO YIELD 3 LB HG PER TON. ASSAYS SHOW TRACE OF GOLD. SOME ORE RAN 5 TO 15 LB HG/TON. SOME ORE HAS .01 TO .02 OZ AU/TON.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON NUTMEG MOUNTAIN

Comment (Production): AS OF 1963, IDAHO-ALMADEN HAD PRODUCED NEARLY ONE-HALF TOTAL HG PRODUCTION IN IDAHO . EACH FLASK IN 6 ) ABOVE CONTAINED 76 LBS HG.

Comment (Development): 30 CLAIMS, 1 OF WHICH WAS PATENTED ; ECON.COM: ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY NEARBY

Comment (Workings): ONE OPEN CUT 270 X 135 X 30. SEVERAL LG OPENCUTS WORKINGS AS OF CA. 1952. THERE IS A 200 FT. LONG QUARRY AND 17 SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Geology): TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF OPAL, GRAY AND WHITE. CINNABAR ALTERS TO BLUE - BLACK WHEN EXPOSED. PAYETTE FORMATION - SANDSTONE, SHALE. IDAHO FORMATION - SANDSTONE, SANDY SHALE. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE IS IN ALTERED ROCK (OPALITE) EITHER DISSEMINATED OR AS COARSE GRAINS IN VEINS.

Comment (Deposit): NOTICE OF MINE TO CLOSE IN SPOK. CHRON. 2/18/72 ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Comment (Production): $25 MILLION PRODUCED IN AU, AG AND OTHER METALS.

Comment (Development): GETTY MINERAL RESOURCES CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF GETTY OIL CO. (75%) AND GOLD STANDARD INC., SALT LAKE CITY (25%) HAVE FILED APPLICATION FOR PERMITS ON MARCH 10, 1981. ; ECON.COM: SURFACE ENRICHMENT

Comment (Workings): FAULT SYSTEMS TRENDING NE, N-S, AND NW. CAVED. LAST OPERATED 1907

Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES AND SHALES INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE AND MONZONITE.

Comment (Deposit): NO HG PRODUCTION SINCE 1907, AU PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTANTLY SINCE 1907. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Comment (Commodity): AG CONC. HIGHEST ALONG FAULTS. HG MAY BE A GUIDE TO HIGH GRADE ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 6) CAMPBELL, A., 1939 , FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1939 , P. 303 - 307

Reference (Deposit): 5) LICKES, M. R., 1957 , IDAHO - ALMADEN MERCURY MINE: USBM INF. CIRC. 7800 , 33 P.

Reference (Deposit): REQUA, L. K., 1940 , IDAHO - ALMADEN MINE: NORTHWEST MINING NEWS, V. 6 , NO. 23 , P. 7 - 9 ; V. 6 , NO. 24 , P. 7 - 9 .

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY: IDAHO BUR MINES GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123

Reference (Deposit): 7) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, FEB. 18 , 1972 ; DEC. 30 , 1970

Reference (Deposit): 8) ENG. MINING JOUR., MAR., 1967

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1941 , GEOLOGY OF ALMADEN MINE, IDAHO BUR MINES GEOLOGY PAMPH 55 , 9 P.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES {{ ANDERSON, A. L., 1941 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 55 . {{ BAILEY, E. H., 1964 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1 {{ LICKES, M. R., 1957 , US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 7800 {{ SPOKANE CHRONICLE, DEC. 30 , 1970 . ROSS, C. P., 1956 , USGS BULL. 1042-D

Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. SP. RPT. NO. 1

Reference (Deposit): 1941 GEOLMAP ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 55

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7800

Reference (Commodity): Tietz,Paul, Gustin,M.M., 2009, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Almaden Project, Washington County, Idaho, December 8, 2009, 154 pages

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