Bucks Bed Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071026
MRDS ID W014214
Record type Site
Current site name Bucks Bed Prospect
Related records 10290869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.28626, 44.90658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 3 MI E NE OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 010E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI E FERN MINE, N SIDE OF FERN CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.28626, 44.90658

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated And Fractured Zones In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yellow Pine Quicksilver Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN - CUTS, TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L. W., 1935, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 2, V. 14, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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