Hoosier Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071114
MRDS ID W014337
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosier Mine
Alternate or previous names McGregor Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3239, 44.4 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 8 MI SW OF 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

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 018E 3 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND PICKED SAMPLES FROM UPPER ORE VEIN: 20 - 25% CU
Result 200 - 400 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Garden Creek Phyllite-Shales, Slates
    Rock description Garden Creek Phyllite-Shales, Slates

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3239, 44.4

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 22 DEG W
    Width 0.61M

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 Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UPPER VEIN $50,000, LOWER VEIN $20,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 579, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877,161 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A., 1946, FORTY - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1945.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877

  • Production

    ITEMS 1 - 6, ROSS, C. P., 1937, USGS BULL. 877, P. 130; ITEM 7, CAMPBELL, A., 1946, 47 TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 245.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS, 60 FT. APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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