Rasche Property Claims

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071060
MRDS ID W014260
MAS/MILS ID 0160370249
Record type Site
Current site name Rasche Property Claims
Alternate or previous names Lost Claim, Acebo, Ascebo Claim, Grubstake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10094, 44.49818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 21.5 MI NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Langer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(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 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Upper Baldwin Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 50-200 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10094, 44.49818

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. H. Rasche

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1930 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Property Was Visited In 1982 By USBM River of No Return (Wilderness) Crew. 8 Samples Were Taken WRL 72-79. See Mineral Property File For Sample Tags, Underground Mine Map, and Sample Location Map.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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