Hardscrabble Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070829
MRDS ID W013931
MAS/MILS ID 0160370661
Record type Site
Current site name Hardscrabble Mine
Alternate or previous names Hardscrabble and Brown Bear, Hard Scrabble

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12535, 44.63348 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3 MI N OF GREYHOUND MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Dome(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 015N 011E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At End of Hardscrabble Ridge Trail, 3 Mi. N of Greyhound Mountain. .5 Mi N of Ramshorn.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES AVERAGED:\nTRACE AU, \n0.9 OZ AG/TON, \n0.1% CU, \n0.9% PB, \n0.7% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Basalt
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-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) -115.12535, 44.63348

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Length 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shears, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 6 Claims ; Econ.Com: 2 To 15 Ft Overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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