Golden Chest Mine

Golden Chest Mine is an underground gold mine in Shoshone County, Idaho, near Murray. MSHA lists its status as active since Jan 9, 2018 and records 37 employees. It is one of 10 gold mines in Idaho that are not marked abandoned, and one of 2 in Shoshone County; by employees it ranks 1 of 8 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Jan 9, 2018
Type
Underground
County
Shoshone County
State
Idaho
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Murray
Employees reported
37
Operator
Idaho Strategic Resources Inc
Coordinates
47.6203, -115.8175
MSHA mine ID
1000414

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Golden Chest Mine
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Deposit type
{273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein}
Workings
Underground
Output size
small (USGS class)
Production years
1885 to 1974
Discovered
1883

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10009910 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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