Bronco Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070988
MRDS ID W014154
MAS/MILS ID 0160370373
Record type Site
Current site name Bronco Mine
Alternate or previous names Apex, Golden Nugget, Mountain Girl

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95594, 44.25128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3.5 MI NW OF LOWER STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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

Sawtooth 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 011N 013E 29 SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS NEAR THE TOP OF THE LOW RIDGE SW OF STANLEY CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES OXIDIZED PART OF VEIN ASSAYED AT 0.42 OZ AU AND 2.46 OZ AG PER TON
Result 5 CHIP SAMPLES TAKEN FROM VEIN EXPOSURES CONTAINED TRACE AU AND AG, 5.5% PB, 0.9% ZN, 0.09% CU. 19 SELECT DUMP SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.01 - 0.35 OZ AU/TON, 0.01 - 2.63 OZ AG/TON, 0.02 - 5.50% PB, 0.003 - 0.06% ZN, TRACE - 0.41% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -114.95594, 44.25128

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, STRINGERS
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 640.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Patrick Lynch

Mining district

District name Valley Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred And Earl Shirts

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 68.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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