Idaho · Shoshone County
Past Producer

Golden Chest Mine

Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
GoldSilverCopperLeadZincTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL BEDDED VEIN
Model{273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein}
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore control"Ore shoots localized in pitching folds."
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Sphalerite, Galena, Scheelite, Chalcopyrite
GangueQuartz, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Albite, Apatite, Specularite, Rutile
Geology
Host rockMeta-Argillite,Quartzite · Prichard Formation
Structure"Trout Creek Anticline strikes N15E, axial plane dips 56-85W", "Thompson Pass Fault, vertical, right-lateral movement."
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1885-1889, 1891-1895, 1897-1898, 1900, 1902-1904, 1923, 1932-1934, 1938-1941, 1946-1949, 1969, 1974
First production1885
Last production1974
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10009910
MRDS IDD003186
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.61857, -115.83622
References
{Deposit:: Ransome, F.L., and Calkins, F.C., 1908, The geology and ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho: US Geological Survey Professioal Paper 62 , 203 p.}{Deposit:: Kennan, C.J., 1916, Preliminary report on the Golden Chest mine, 21 p. [International Archive of Economic Geology, Laramie, Wyoming, Thayer Lindsley Files, TL 46-10]}{Deposit:: Gibson, Layton Scott, 1986, Geology and genesis of gold-bearing quartz veins on Ophir Mountain, near Murray, Shoshone County, Idaho: Tucson, University of Arizona, MS thesis.}{Deposit:: Shenon, Philip J., 1942, Bedding vein deposits near Murray, Idaho, in Newhouse, W.H., ed., Ore deposits as related to structural features: Princeton Univ. Press, p. 159-160.}{Deposit:: Shenon, Philip J., 1938, Geology and ore deposits near Murray, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 47, 43 p.}{Deposit:: Auerbach, Herbert S., 1908, Tungsten ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene: Engineering and Mining Journal, v. 86, no. 24, p. 1146-1148.}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.}{Reserve-Resource:: Chavez, Joel, 1990, Golden Chest project, exploration summary, Shoshone County, Idaho: Newmont Exploration Ltd., Helena, Montana, 15 p.}