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Buckskin Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089686
MRDS ID W028103
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3002, 45.52817 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position .5 MI S OF LUCILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 001E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON E SIDE OF SALMON R, 210 FT ABOVE STREAM LEVEL; JUST N OF SPRING BAR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Granite And Quartzite Gravel
    Rock description Granite And Quartzite Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.3002, 45.52817
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Riggins District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wakely Brothers
    First year 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S. H., AND METZGER, O. H., 1938 , RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES INF. CIR. 7023 , P. 79 - 91

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON US BUR MINES, INF. CIR. 702

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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