Buckeye Boy Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078307
MRDS ID W026580
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Boy Mine
Related records 10168922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87492, 47.63567 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position 1 MI NW OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 005E 31 SE OF NW OF SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE CARRIED 550 OZ/TON AU AND 140 OZ/TON AG (RANSOME AND CALKINS)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.87492, 47.63567

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults On No. 3 Level

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 15 DEG NW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sigmund Thorkelson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. David Sellers

Comments on the production information

  • $25,000 ORE PRODUCED FROM SINGLE POCKET IN 1885 (RANSOME AND CALKINS) ORE YIELDED $33/TON (SHENON)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN UPPER TUNNEL STRIKES N 20 DEG E, DIPS 5 DEG N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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