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Dryden Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071142
MRDS ID W014373
MAS/MILS ID 0160370420
Record type Site
Current site name Dryden Mine
Alternate or previous names Williams - Dryden Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43512, 44.24989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 8 MI W OF CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potaman Peak(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 27 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. Side Sullivan Creek

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43512, 44.24989
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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 Golden Center Mining Co.
    First year 1927

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on development

  • 5 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Ross, C P., Bull. 87

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 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.

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