Seagraves Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, 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. 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 10011579
MRDS ID D006601
MAS/MILS ID 0160370469
Record type Site
Current site name Seagraves Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Star Mine, Silver King Prospect, Star Mine, Grey Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12375, 44.53568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI S85W OF THE SEAFOAM GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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 014N 011E 15;16;21;22 NE (21) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjoins the Seafoam Mine Property To the South

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12375, 44.53568

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Numerous Metasedimentary Inclusions Occur In the Leucocratic Quartz Monzonite

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 Seafoam District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Seagraves, Isrel Seagraves

Comments on development

  • D.M.E.A. Exploration Project Contract Idm-E1017 Was Recinded In 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, Wa

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 87-83, 1983, Map No. 30, Appendix.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit For More Information See D.M.E.A. Docket No. 4007 ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-92 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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