Silver Brick Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071081
MRDS ID W014292
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Brick Mine
Alternate or previous names One of Mcgregor Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32372, 44.41179 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 10 MI SW CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(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

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 013N 018E 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32372, 44.41179

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 100 FT. APART VERTICALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877

  • Production

    ROSS, C. P., 1937, USGS BULL. 877.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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