Gold Dust Prospect

The Gold Dust Prospect is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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 Dust Prospect
Secondary: Kirkpatrick

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka 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: Salmon National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Dust Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): 10 - STAMP MILL, CONCENTRATOR, CYANIDE ANNEX. ; ECON.COM: MINERALIZATION NOT INTENSE

Comment (Location): WARDS GULCH, LEESBURG BASIN; GOLD DUST LOCATED BETWEEN GOLD RIDGE AND GOLD FLINT

Comment (Geology): GOLD DUST ON SAME FAULT PLANE AS GOLD FLINT, FAULT STRIKES N 18 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW. EROSION OF VEIN WAS SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD DOWNSTREAM

References

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903

Reference (Deposit): 1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528

Idaho Gold

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