Dougherty Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096335
MRDS ID W014526
MAS/MILS ID 0160370217
Record type Site
Current site name Dougherty Group
Alternate or previous names Skyline #8 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34872, 44.47909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 9 MI SW CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(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

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 018E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Garden Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone; Ramshorn Slate
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone;Ramshorn Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34872, 44.47909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG SW

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 Garden Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 7 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 589, 104 P

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bull. 58

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geol. Survey Bulletin 539, 1913, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-2, No. 252, P. 166.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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