Rustler Claims Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Uranium
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070730
MRDS ID W013795
Record type Site
Current site name Rustler Claims Mine
Related records 10240948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45121, 43.43159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 9.5 MI. SW OF HAILEY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 017E 08,09,16,17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E OF THE HATTIE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAIR RADIOACTIVITY ESTIMATED, DUMP MAY RUN 0.05 TO 0.1 U3O8. UNDERGROUND NOT EXAMINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.45121, 43.43159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike ESE
    Dip 40 DEG N
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 4827.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camas District (Hailey Gold Belt)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rustler Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hailey Trust

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; WORKINGS WERE BEING PUMPED OUT IN 1955.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952-1955: USGS BULL. 1074-B, P. 46 P.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, RUSTLER MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN- FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON P. L. WEIS AND OTHERS, BULL. 1074 - B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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