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Post's Property Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071056
MRDS ID W014256
MAS/MILS ID 0160370244
Record type Site
Current site name Post's Property Mine
Alternate or previous names Lost Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09314, 44.53298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 24 MI. NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 011E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Seafoam Creek; .5 Mi Above Collister Property

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO RUN FROM $150-200/TON, AND CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 300 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09314, 44.53298
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Acebo Co.
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • $4000 Value

Comments on development

  • 3 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 3, 23 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 87-83, 1983, Map No. 45, Appendix.

  • Production

    Umpleby, J.B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 3, P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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