Gamebet Claim Group

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101668
MRDS ID D006781
MAS/MILS ID 0160370905
Record type Site
Current site name Gamebet Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Lambert Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.937, 43.7118 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 22 MI S.W. OF MACKAY ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Hope Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 005N 021E 34 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On the E. Side of Star Hope Creek, N.W. of the Star Hope Mine.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.937, 43.7118

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Copper Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harold C. Lambert
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • Approximately 60 Tons of Cu-Ag Ore Was Apparently Shipped From This Property

Comments on the workings information

  • One Adit, A Shallow Shaft, and Several Trenches Comprised the Workings In 1960.

Comments on development

  • Property Consists of Four Unpatented Claims, Gamebet 1-4

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, Wa

  • Deposit

    USGS Pp 97, 133 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 605, P. 244.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Four Mineralized Veins Have Been Explored. Property Consists of Four Unpatented Claims, Gameblet 1-Through 4.
Deposit For More Information See O.M.E. Docket No. 6089. ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-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.