McFadden Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071069
MRDS ID W014277
MAS/MILS ID 0160370267
Record type Site
Current site name McFadden Mine
Alternate or previous names McFadden Group Mine, Altura, Yankee Fork Mine, Fraction Lode Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70653, 44.45019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 5 MI N OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 013N 015E 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe, Cu Stains

Analytical data

Result GOLD: SILVER RATIO OF 1:100

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesitic Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesitic Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70653, 44.45019

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 37 DEG NW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Production Intermittent, Value $200000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Tunnels; 10 Stamp Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 476, P. 218.

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 539, P. 89.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ore Occurs In Two Shoots; Mcfadden Mine On 'Contact' Vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-NOV-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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