Kilgore Deposit

The Kilgore Deposit is a gold mine located in Clark county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,890 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: Kilgore Deposit
Secondary: Kilgore
Secondary: Kilgore Property

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Clark
District: Kilgore

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: Targhee National Forest

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S., Inc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Percent: 51.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 - 1996

Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S., Inc.
Percent: 49.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 - 1996

Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Ownership): ECHO BAY MINES, INC., CAN EARN A 51% INTEREST IN PROPERTY. ECHO BAY MINES, INC., ACQUIRED 51% OF PROPERTY BY SPENDING $2.5MIL. IN EXPLORATION COSTS FORM JUNE 94, TO JUNE 1996. AS OF JAN. 4, 1997 ECHO BAY MINES, INC. AGREED TO ACQUIRE THE REMAINING 49% OF THE PROJECT.

Comment (Production): ECHO BAY MINES, INC., IS CURRENTLY ACTIVELY EXPLORING THIS PROPERTY. 40 DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED IN 1995.

References

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P91.

Reference (Ownership): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN., 1, 1997, P1.

Reference (Ownership): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JAN. 4, 1997, VOL. 86, #1, P21.

Reference (Ownership): PAY DIRT, N691, JAN., 1997, PP. 30, 31.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P272.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P198.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 4, 1996, P39.

Reference (Deposit): ECHO BAY MINES INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, & FORM 10-K REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): P23.

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