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Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078308
MRDS ID W026581
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect
Alternate or previous names Anchor Group, Golden Reward
Related records 10145167

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84935, 47.63876 (WGS84)
Elevation 969
Relative position 1 MI N OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 005E 32 SE OF SE OF NW Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84935, 47.63876
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 57 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG W
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Dan Daugherty

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buckskin Gold And Silver, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 10.0% Pb, 8.0% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 34g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS; GIVEN LENGTH WORKINGS A 1951 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED CLAIMS, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 250 ACRE UNPATENTED AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, P. 20

  • Deposit

    MC DOWELL, G. A., 1951 , 53RD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, P. 70

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 22 , 1969

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE 53RD ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1951

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUART. OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 172

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHEAR ZONES STRIKE N 50 TO 65 DEG W, DIP 70 DEG W TO VERTICALLY
Deposit THE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE STRIKES N 45 DEG E (AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES) AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL. ANCHOR GROUP SOLD 7 PATENTED, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TO BUCKSKIN GOLD AND SILVER ( 1969 ).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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