Golden Hand Mine

The Golden Hand Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Idaho 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

Name: Golden Hand Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Idaho

Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 45.2225, -115.32060

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Golden Hand Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golden Hand Mine
Secondary: Old Neversweat
Secondary: Neversweat
Secondary: Golden Antler
Secondary: Penn-Idaho
Secondary: Hand


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Edwardsburg 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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Claude Elliot
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1934
Time Period: 1932-1934
Mined: 1485.000 mt


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1889
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritization

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Chloritization; Silicification


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NEAR SURFACE ZONES AVERAGED ABOUT 0.4 TO 0.8 OZ AU/TON. OTHER SMALL VEIN SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.2 OZ AG/TON, TRACES AU, CU


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): Best Sample Assayed 0.14 Oz Au, 25.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.22 % Cu, Trace Pb.

Comment (Production): High Grade Ore Milled From S. Side Cache Creek, $1200 Ore From N. Side. According To Cater And Others (1973), $44212 Total Production Value

Comment (Development): 26 Unpatented Claims; Small Straub Mill

Comment (Deposit): In Schist, Stringers Trend N 30 Deg W, Dip 25 Deg W

Comment (Workings): 18 Adits, Numerous Pits And Trenches

Comment (Geology): Yellowjacket Beds Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Sw On E. Side Hill; Strike N 10 Deg W, Dip 30 Deg Ne On W. Side Hill; On N. Side Cache Creek, Deposit Is Quartz Vein In Bedding Planes Yellowjacket Form., S. Side Of Creek, Disseminated Deposits In Granodiorite

Comment (Location): Head Of Cache Creek; 6 Mi By Road Ne Of The Werdenhoff Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Comment (Production): Golden Hand Mine Produced 38781 Gram Gold And 8533 Gram Silver From 1485 Metric Tons Of High Grade Oxidized Ore During 1932-34. Analyzed Quartz Found In Place Or Sorted From The Dumps Of Old Workings Contained Trace Gold,6.8 Gram Silver Per Tonne.


References

Reference (Deposit): 1973 Recon F. W. Cater And Others, Bulletin 1304

Reference (Production): Items 8-10, Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44; Items 1, 2, Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

Reference (Deposit): Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Geology And Ore Deposits Near Edwardsburg And Thunder Mountain, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44, 45 P.

Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.

Reference (Deposit): Kirkpatrick, G. E., 1974, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Big Creek Area, Valley And Idaho Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, P. 36 - 37.

Reference (Deposit): 1936 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44

Reference (Deposit): WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160490262


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