Buckskin Mine

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Bismuth, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008100
MRDS ID D000011
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88429, 43.98321 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF PLACERVILLE, ALONG RIDGE BETWEEN OPHIR AND GRIMES CREEKS AT 5000' LEVEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
8N 5E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TAKEN FROM IDAHO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN #9, PP. 66-68

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88429, 43.98321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VANADINITE OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.