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Long View Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105699
MRDS ID W014314
MAS/MILS ID 0160370303
Record type Site
Current site name Long View Mine
Alternate or previous names Longview Mine, Casey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68093, 44.38459 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 17 1/2 MI NE OF STANLEY; 2 3/4 MI E NE OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 012N 015E 10 E2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 100 OZ AG TO EACH OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Challis Volcanic Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, SEAMS
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 13.72M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure - Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Most Prominent Fissure Strikes N 77 Deg W, Dips 60 - 70 Deg NE In Lower Workings and S 77 Deg W and 74 Deg NW In Upper Tunnel

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 Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Shaft, 1 Caved Tunnel, 2 Open Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 439, P. 209.

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1949, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 83, P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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