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Cave Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071111
MRDS ID W014334
MAS/MILS ID 0160370336
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33152, 44.41379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 10 MI N OF CLAYTON

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 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33152, 44.41379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Plunge 30 DEG
    Plunge direction N
    Width 0.46M

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Christopher Peterson

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY 1 VEIN PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 519, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903, P. 52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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