Buckskin Group

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089019
MRDS ID W007534
MAS/MILS ID 0160210023
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Group
Alternate or previous names Howard Wickersham

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26526, 48.87407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 12 MI NNE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ritz(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moyie(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 064 N 001 E 24 Idaho
Boise 064N 002E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Foot Of Ridge, Slightly W Of Tommy Moran Property

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGED UP TO $30/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26526, 48.87407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 48 DEG SE
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brush Lake District
District name Moyie-Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hash, Sam
  • Type Operator
    Owner Wickersham, Howard

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cuts And 2 Crosscut Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, Thor H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 85, 31 P

  • Deposit

    1951 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet No. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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