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General Custer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071096
MRDS ID W014312
MAS/MILS ID 0160370301
Record type Site
Current site name General Custer Mine
Alternate or previous names Custer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68732, 44.38211 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 1 MI S OF CUSTER

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 012N 015E 10 S2 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FOUND 1 OZ AU TO 80 - 90 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68732, 44.38211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG NE
    Width 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1876
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Antimony Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1996

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE $8,000,000. LATER STAGES OF MINING $30/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS, CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL CLAIMS INCLUDING GENERAL CUSTER, UNKNOWN, WHITEBIRD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    CASS, H. K., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE JORDAN CREEK AREA, YANKEE FORK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO THESIS 82 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

    STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .

  • Deposit

    5) 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

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539

  • Deposit

    1927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 25

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 83

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 539, P. 83

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1907, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 441, P. 210.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, PP. 270, 271.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P197.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS
Deposit STATUS AS 0F 1996 WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE RANDOL DIRECTORIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Geological Survey

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