Pacific Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071113
MRDS ID W014336
MAS/MILS ID 160370282
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Mine
Alternate or previous names One of Mc Gregor Group, Salmon River Group, Silver Brick, Blain, Gleenland, Bayhorse, Dave, Hoosier, Beardsley, Democrat, Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Little Fellow, W.T. Sherman, Beardsley Ext., Lincoln, Keno, Pacific Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3197, 44.4111 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 10 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(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 018E 34 NWSESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) MODERATE SILICIFICATION

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF HAND-PICKED MATERIAL: 50 - 60 % PB, 60 - 80 OZ AG/TON, 2 - 3 % ZN
Result SOME SAMPLES: 30 - 60 % CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3197, 44.4111

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bayhorse Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N20W
    Dip 20E
    Plunge 30 DEG
    Plunge direction N
    Thickness 6M
    Length 610M
    Width 460M
    Area 25HA
    Depth to top 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure
  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. L. Industries

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Period 1901-1908
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 Oz Ag/Unit Pb, Au, Cu, Zn, 10 - 50 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 30wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • Value $65000

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Measured 2900000mt ore
    Indicated 550000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3450000mt ore
    Inferred 600000mt ore
    Total resources 4050000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 36 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1987

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • Mine Now Open For Fluorspar

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P., P. 130.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 877

  • Deposit

    Anderson 1954 Id Bur Mines And Geol Pamph 101, P 13

  • Deposit

    Chambers 1966 Phd Dissertation, Univ Of Ariz, Tucson, Ariz

  • Deposit

    Hodges, In Preparation, Ms Thesis Oregon St Univ, Corvallis, Oregon

  • Deposit

    Hobbs Hays & Mcintyre 1975 USGS Op-File Rept 23p.

  • Deposit

    Mcilroy & Others 1974 USBM Ic 8646, 60 P.

  • Deposit

    Shawe & Others 1976 USGS Prof Paper 933 P 35-38

  • Deposit

    Batty, J.V., H.D. Snedden, G.M. Potter, And Bik. Shibler.

  • Deposit

    Concentration Of Fluorite Ores From Az, Ca, Id, Mt, Nv, And Wy. Bumines Ri 4133, Nov, 1947, 28 Pp.

  • Deposit

    BLM. White Cloud Peaks Idaho, 1:250000 Scale Map, Surface-Minerals Management Status, 1979.

  • Deposit

    Bumines. Availability Of U.S. Primary Lead Resources, Ic-8646, 1974, 60 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S.W., Structural And Stratigraphic Controls Of Ore Deposits In The Bayhorse Area, Idaho. USGS Bulletin 1658 A-S, Pp. 134-140.

  • Deposit

    Kauffman, J.D. Description And Evaluation Of The Pacific Property, Custer Co., Idaho. USBM Grant G0264004, Jan., 1977, 9 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Snyder, K.D. Geology Of The Bayhorse Fluorite Deposit, Custer Co., Id, Econ. Geol. V. 73, 1978, Pp. 207-214.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-11-06 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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