Gold Creek Mine

The Gold Creek Mine is a lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,199 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Creek Mine
Secondary: Moe Property
Secondary: Troy Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. R. Almquist, G. A. Almquist (Moe Min. Co.)

Owner Name: Bueno-Coeur D'Alene, Inc. ( 1977 )

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 5.6% PB
Analytical Data: 3 TO 4 OZ/TON AG AND ABOUT 6 INCHES OF 15 OZ/TON AG. TROY CLAIM ASSAYS SHOWED 13.8 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 42.4% PB.
Analytical Data: 1.56% CU. EAST OF TROY CLAIMS ASSAY OF 10.5 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): BORDERED ON N BY ASARCO (FORMERLY MORNING MILL SITE), AND BY ATLAS, BOULDER CR, BANNER-IDAHO AND GEM STATE COS.

Comment (Development): 32 PATENTED CLAIMS. 1000 FT DIAMOND DRILLING AT 45 DEG IN 1976 . 600 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND.

Comment (Deposit): 500 SQ MI IN EXTENT; GIVEN STRIKE OF ALL THE MINERAL BELTS EXCEPT GOLCONDA-LUCKY FRIDAY; VEINS FOUND FROM SURFACE TO SEVERAL THOUSAND FT UNDERGROUND.

Comment (Deposit): MOE-REINDEER QUEEN MINERAL BELT CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 40,000 FT

Comment (Production): SUNSHINE MIN. CO. PRODUCED 8,200,000 OZ AG IN 1970 (D1). 1967 DISTRICT PRODUCTION WAS 16293000 OZ AG, 54791 TONS PB, 53498 TONS ZN, 2722 TONS CU AND 2332 TOZ. AU. 1968 PRODUCTION WAS 47858 TONS ZN, 41734 TONS PB, 2389 TONS CU, AND 931 OZ. AU. AG PRODUCTION IN 1966 WAS 18,500,000 OZ. THE 1974 PRODUCTION INCLUDED OVER 12.6 MILLION OZ. AG, 1600 OZ. AU, 55,200 TONS PB, 43,900 TONS ZN, AND 2300 TONS CU. IN 1884 TO 1974 , 135,626 TONS CU WAS PRODUCED. IN 1974 , THE DISTRICT ALSO PRODUCED 43,900 TONS ZN, 1,600 OZ AU, AND 2300 TONS CU.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SILVER BELT IS AREA BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND PLACER CREEK AND IS REFERRED TO IN 2) AND 3) ABOVE; 1) ABOVE REFERS TO ENTIRE DISTRICT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF TUNNEL AND SHALLOW SHAFT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL PRODUCTION 400 MILLION TO A BILLION OZ AG.

Comment (Location): SMELTERVILLE TO MULLAN AREA INCLUDED IN DISTRICT. PLOTTED ON GALENA SHAFT AS MID-DISTRICT

References

Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE CO., IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, AP. 7 , 1975

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1976 - 77 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 52

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, FEB. 4 , 1977 ; OCT. 15 , 1976

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445

Reference (Deposit): 1974 DIREXPL

Reference (Deposit): 1977 DIREXPL BUENO-COEUR D'ALENE, INC.

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