| Deposit ID | 10071988 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015789 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160590259 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buckhorn Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.4662, 44.79069 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 8.75 MI ESE OF LEMHI |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lemhi(hydrologic unit)
Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 017N | 025E | 22 | C E2 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Boulangerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE SAMPLE AVG. 10.8% MN, 34.1% FE, 0.94% PB, 1.2% ZN, 8.6% INSOL., 1% CAO, 0.08% AL2O3, TRACE CO, AS, N |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.4662, 44.79069 |
|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
|---|---|
| Width | 6.1M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Discoverer | George Sellers |
| District name | Junction Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 426.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015789 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DU_318 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| USGS (USBM- U.S. Bureau of Mines) | Mineral Industry Locational Subsystem | MILS | 0160590259 |
THUNE, H. W., 1941, MINERALOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LITTLE EIGHT MILE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 37 P.
WICKEN, O. M., 1941, A METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE ORE: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 26 P.
THUNE, H. W., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS; ITEM 1, WICKEN, O. M., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS
USGS topo map location
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1977 | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 02-FEB-2010 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Combined data from MAS/MILS record number 0160590259. |
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