Elk City

The Elk City is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Elk City
Secondary: Ericson Reef
Secondary: Elk City Mines Buffalo Gulch
Secondary: Buffalo Gulch
Secondary: Buffalo Gulch Mine
Secondary: Friday Group
Secondary: Buffalo Hill Placer 0160490059
Secondary: Buffalo Gulch Dredge Tailings

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Elk City District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Glamis Gold Ltd
Percent: 15.00
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Idaho Gold Corp.
Percent: 85.00
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Idaho Gold Corp.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Bema Gold Corp.
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Distal disseminated Ag-Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA AS THE BUFFALO HILL PLACER MAS SEQ# 0160490059, ALSO OWNED BY ICMC. THE EXPLORATION ARES IS APPROXIMATELY 5 MINES MW OF ELK CITY, IDAHO, UP BUFFALO GULCH, 1 TO 2 MILES PAST THE DREDGE TAILINGS OF THE BUFFALO HILL PLACER (BUFFALO GULCH MINE) OPERATION.

Comment (Economic Factors): THE BUFFALO GULCH ORE BOBY WILL BE DEVELOPED FIRST.

Comment (Ownership): ICMS RECENTLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY (DEC. 96) FROM BEMA GOLD. BEMA CAN BUY BACK IN A 49% INTREST BY REIMBURSING IDAHO CONS. 115% OF PROPERTY COSTS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL DID NOT GIVE A DATE OF RESERVES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE RESERVES AS ESTIMATED IN RANDOL IN 1994/95. DATE OF RESERVES POSSIBLY AS OF 12/31/94.

References

Reference (Ownership): IDAHO CONSOLIDATED METALS CORPORATION, NEWS RELEASE, #NR9612

Reference (Ownership): SEPT., 20, 1996.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #48, NOV., 27, 1996, P9.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 44 (BEMA) & 132 (ICMC).

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, N694, APRIL 1997, P12.

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

Reference (Ownership): COMPANIES, P196.

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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 269, 270.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SEPT., 20, 1996.

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