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Valley Creek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071087
MRDS ID W014301
MAS/MILS ID 0160370285
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.05064, 44.33568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 10 MI. NW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(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

Sawtooth 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 012N 012E 27 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized, Silicified

Analytical data

Result CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES COLLECTED BY U.S. BUR. MINES AVERAGED 0.19 OZ AU/TON, 1.8 OZ AG/TON, AND 2.0% PB. SELECTED HIGHEST GRADE MATERIAL COLLECTED BY THE USGS AVERAGES 2 OZ AU AND 11 OZ AG PER TON. 12 CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES FROM GLORY HOLE AVG. 0.77 OZ AU/TON, 2.99 OZ AG/TON, 5.37% PB. 8 OTHER SAMPLES AVG. 0.19 OZ AU/TON, 1.8 OZ AG/TON, 2.0% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Latite, Pegmatite Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Latite, Pegmatite Dikes
    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) -115.05064, 44.33568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 - 85 DEG E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.37M
    Width 7.92M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Contains Mineralized Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Valley Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Totals Include Some 1940 - 1942 Production From Buckskin Mine ; Item 8 Production Intermittent : Production In 1904 , 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942; Item 8 Production Intermittent : Production In 1904 , 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942. Production Years For Items 8 - 10 : 1904 - 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942 .

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Total resources 113000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Minor 1953
    Silver Ag 7.623 g/mt Silver Major 1953
    Gold Au 7.058 g/mt Gold Major 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • Underground Workings Inaccessible. Largest Surface Working Is Glory Hole 300 Ft. Long, 250 Ft. Wide, 78 Ft. Deep.

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented Claims, 6 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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