Arcade Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  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 10093550
MRDS ID W014276
MAS/MILS ID 0160370870
Record type Site
Current site name Arcade Mine
Alternate or previous names Arcade Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70953, 44.44599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 23.5 MI WSW OF CHALLIS; 5 MI NNE OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 015E 21 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON ESTES MTN BETWEEN GOLD STAR AND CHARLES WAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Germer Tuffaceous Member
    Rock description Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Germer Tuffaceous Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70953, 44.44599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW

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 Yankee Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 8

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 475, P. 218.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 150 FT. APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Horn, Michael C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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