Gold Shaft Group Prospect

US / ID

•48.66847, -116.15295View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Gold Shaft Group Prospect is a mineral prospect in Boundary, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Quartzite (Diabase, Gabbro, Quartzite). Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Galena; gangue is recorded as Quartz. Workings are underground.

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AzuriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaMalachiteQuartzSilver

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Quartzite — Diabase, Gabbro, Quartzite

Ore minerals

Galena

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Structure

E - Dipping Contact Between Sill And Quartzite Is 40 To 50 Ft. E Of Shaft Collar.

Ore control

Fault

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Operation type: Underground
Workings: Underground

Records and references

Cited references

Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.Cook, E., 1956 Id Bur Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 102. 53 P.1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10069963 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 48.66847, -116.15295

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