Estes Mountain Mines

Plant in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119820
MAS/MILS ID 0160370880
Record type Site
Current site name Estes Mountain Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.71093, 44.44549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 013 N 014 E 24 SWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.71093, 44.44549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1981
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Uniteds States Antimony Corp.
    ID 1001558
    Home office Montana
    Year 1982
    Last year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • AS OF 1996/97 RANDOL U.S. ANTIMONY DOES NOT CURRENTLY OWN OR OPERATE THIS PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Ownership

    COMPANIES, P196.

  • Deposit

    SUNBEAM TO YANKEE FORK TO JORDAN CREEK TO ESTES MT.

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT JUNE 1982

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECROTY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P270.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO 1996/97 RANDOL, MINE IS SEASONAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/30/1988
MSHA mine ID1001558
Mine name (MSHA)Estes Mountain Mines
Current operatorUnited States Antimony Corp
Current controller (parent)State Street Corporation
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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