Buckskin Claims

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096316
MRDS ID W014329
MAS/MILS ID 160370016
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Claims
Alternate or previous names Roosevelt Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5622, 44.3256 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 10 MI NW OF CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Creek(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 012N 016E 34 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 150 TONS OF ORE ASSAYED 0.13% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Limestone, Argillite;Lcret-Eeo Tactite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Limestone, Argillite;Lcret-Eeo Tactite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5622, 44.3256

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form REEF
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, Fractures

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 National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David Fisher, William Fisher, W. J. Richards

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 500, P. 222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-11-05 Horn, Michael C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references