Saturday Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071140
MRDS ID W014371
MAS/MILS ID 160370418
Record type Site
Current site name Saturday Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Saturday & Mollie D., Squaw Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4817, 44.2822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 5 MI W CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 17 NE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomitic Limestone
    Rock description Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4817, 44.2822

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 Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. And L Exploration And Mining

Comments on the workings information

  • Shallow Shaft, 2 Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM; Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 539, P. 75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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