Golconda Mine

The Golconda Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,025 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: Golconda Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 3,025 Feet (922 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 47.47639, -115.87167

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Golconda Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golconda Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter, Lelande)


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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Golconda Mining Corp. ( H. F. Magnuson, 1977 )


Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.6 Oz/Ton Ag, 5.3% Pb, 3.8% Zn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ON COEUR D'ALENE RIVER

Comment (Development): 67 PATENTED, 34 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA-LUCKY FRIDAY MINERAL BELT HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 32,000 FT. DIP OF VEIN VARIES 50 - 75 DEG S

Comment (Deposit): GOLCONDA MINING CORP. DID EXTENSIVE ROAD BUILDING, WORKED ON 5 MI ACCESS ROADS, AND REMOVED OVER 100000 CUBIC YARDS EARTH IN TRENCHING IN 1966 . GOLCONDA LEAD MINES (INCORP. IN 1927 ) CHANGED TO GOLCONDA MIN. CORP. NAME IN 1962 . EARLY IN 1974 , CERRO CORP GOT OWNERSHIP OF OVER 85 % VOTING CONTROL OF GOLCONDA CORP.


References

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

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 9 , 1967

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 92

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): 1966 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S 66TH ANN. REPT.

Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173


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