Bruno Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071107
MRDS ID W014327
MAS/MILS ID 0160370330
Record type Site
Current site name Bruno Mine
Alternate or previous names Cinnabar Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52481, 44.33906 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 9 MI NW CLAYTON; 18.5 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Creek(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 012N 016E 25 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI N OF MC CLURE PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52481, 44.33906

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bruno Mining And Milling Co
    First year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE $50000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on development

  • $10000 WORTH OF MACHINERY, 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BELL, R. N., 1934, MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 37, NO. 33

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1935, THE GOLD RESOURCES OF IDAHO: MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 37, NO. 33, P. 6 - 7.

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 87

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 539, 1913, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, S., 1924, TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1923, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 505, P. 223.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-NOV-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.