Rob-Roy Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094390
MRDS ID D006596
MAS/MILS ID 0160370644
Record type Site
Current site name Rob-Roy Mine
Alternate or previous names Rob Roy Mine, Red Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41202, 44.30129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MI N20W OF CLAYTON IDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kinnikinic Quartzite
    Rock description Kinnikinic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Talache Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom And Bob Campbell
    Home office Clayton, Id.
    First year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit For More Information See U.S. Bureau of Mines War Minerals Memorandum "Rob-Roy Mine" April, 1944.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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