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Clayton Silver Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168424
MRDS ID M060188
MAS/MILS ID 0160370023
Record type Site
Current site name Clayton Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Bird Claim Group, Clark Mine, Custer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.41452, 44.28069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON, IDAHO 40 MI N OF SUN VALLEY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011 N 017 E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.7 OZ AG/TON, 1.0% PB, 0.7% ZN, IS APPROXIMATE AVERAGE OF ORE MINED IN 1974

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kinnikinnic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ella Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Clayton Mine Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.41452, 44.28069
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Assymetrical Anticline; N - S Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure name N-S Shear Zone, Steep Easterly Dip

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 140M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 140M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 140M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 140M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 7
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 67 DEG E
    Plunge 60 DEG N 15 DEG E
    Thickness 426M
    Length 457M
    Width 21M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CLAYTON SILVER MINE HAVE BEEN FOLDED INTO A SERIES OF NORTH-WEST TRENDING ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES. THE CLAYTON ANTICLINE, LOCATED BETWEEN KINNIKINC AND SQUAW CREEKS, IS THE MAJOR STRUCTURE IN THE AREA. THE CLAYTON SILVER MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST LIMB OF THE ANTICLINE. THE CLAYTON ANTICLINE HAS BEEN THRUST UPON THE WEST FLANK OF A REGIONAL ANTICLINE. FAULTING HAS ELIMINATED THE SYNCLINE THAT SHOULD LIE BETWEEN THE TWO ANTICLINES CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO IS COMPOSED OF PRECAMBRICAN GNEISSES AND SCHISTS OVERLAIN BY PALEZOIC SEDIMENTS, WHICH IN TURN ARE OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS. THE ENTIRE PILE HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY PLUTONS OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH.
  • INTENSE FAULTING THROUGHOUT THE AREA HAS CAUSED BEDDING PLANE ADJUSTMENTS, DRAG FOLDING, BEDDING PLANE SHEAR AND BRECCIA ZONES; ESPECIALLY IN THE ELLA DOLOMITE. THE ORE ZONES WERE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT(DUE TO HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS) OF THE DOLOMITE IN AREAS OF INTENSE FRACTURING. THE ORE BODIES AT THE MINE HAVE BEEN FOUND ALONG A SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES N50E AT THE SOUTH END OF THE MINE AND N20W AT THE NORTH END OF THE MINE. AT PRESENT ONLY THE NORTH ORE BODY IS BEING MINED, THE OTHER BODIES WERE MINED OUT ABOVE THE 800 LEVEL. THE NORTH ORE BODY STRIKES N15W AND DIPS 70 NE AND RAKES 50 NORTH. THIS BODY IS ABOUT 140M LONG, AND 2-24M WIDE(AVERAGE 10M). FROM THE 800 TO 2100 LEVEL IT IS 400M DOWNDIP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1934
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Bayhorse Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clayton Silver Mines, Inc. Clayton, Id
    ID 1000142
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1997
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Southern Star Consolidated Corp.
    Home office Massachusetts
    Year 1997
    First year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 89838.34mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 81500 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 2177.24g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 1043262.45mt
    Minor Copper Copper 26852.21mt
    Major Silver Silver 7116445.34g
    Major Lead Lead 1038726.07mt
  • Year 1970
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 99097.75mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 89900 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 1741.79g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 523445.14mt
    Minor Copper Copper 22452.82mt
    Major Silver Silver 6450861.95g
    Major Lead Lead 1055509.44mt
  • Year 1971
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 90719.09mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 82299 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 1648.48g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 566990.46mt
    Minor Copper Copper 20638.45mt
    Major Silver Silver 5751033.63g
    Major Lead Lead 975223.14mt
  • Year 1972
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 99868.27mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 90599 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 11508.28g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 476271.98mt
    Minor Copper Copper 16238.6mt
    Major Silver Silver 4569101.35g
    Major Lead Lead 776096.09mt
  • Year 1973
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 89176.95mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 80900 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 1119.72g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 616885.62mt
    Minor Copper Copper 13425.88mt
    Major Silver Silver 3775962.59g
    Major Lead Lead 775642.95mt
  • Year 1974
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 92152.09mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 83599 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 870.89g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 434722.47mt
    Minor Copper Copper 11475.88mt
    Major Silver Silver 3520914.04g
    Major Lead Lead 586041.34mt
  • Year 1975
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 87963.31mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 79799 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 1119.72g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 393808.89mt
    Minor Copper Copper 16238.6mt
    Major Silver Silver 5918961.33g
    Major Lead Lead 674491.4mt
  • Year 1976
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 100375.33mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 91059 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 1275.24g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 280773.67mt
    Minor Copper Copper 19731.26mt
    Major Silver Silver 4849032.68g
    Major Lead Lead 571525.93mt
  • Year 1977
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 84612.29mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 76759 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 933.1g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 71077.92mt
    Minor Copper Copper 14668.72mt
    Major Silver Silver 3726165.92g
    Major Lead Lead 325588.14mt
  • Year 1978
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 81692.26mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 74110 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 715.38g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 102285.07mt
    Minor Copper Copper 10772.81mt
    Major Silver Silver 2873961.64g
    Major Lead Lead 273516.19mt
  • Year 1979
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 57209.94mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 51900 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 777.58g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 70896.03mt
    Minor Copper Copper 16329.32mt
    Major Silver Silver 3614224.49g
    Major Lead Lead 207745.3mt
  • Year 1980
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 57209.94mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 51900 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 215728.07mt
    Minor Gold Gold 559.86g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 22180.66mt
    Minor Copper Copper 7878.44mt
    Major Silver Silver 2236340.28g
  • Year 1981
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 72752.52mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 66000 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 270658.56mt
    Minor Gold Gold 1492.96g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 28576.31mt
    Minor Copper Copper 13834.56mt
    Major Silver Silver 3032589.39g
  • Year 1982
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 26102.72mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 23680 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 191914.47mt
    Minor Gold Gold 964.2g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 9343.54mt
    Minor Copper Copper 7755.97mt
    Major Silver Silver 1738684.58g
  • Year 1983
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 58290.2mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 52880 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 352214.47mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 24720.78mt
    Minor Copper Copper 26353.26mt
    Major Silver Silver 5520867.87g
  • Year 1984
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 83896.89mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Dry Tons Ore 76110 Short Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 633908.94mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 33375.32mt
    Minor Copper Copper 67267.74mt
    Major Silver Silver 7042450.16g

Comments on the production information

  • MILL PRODUCES A PB CONCENTRATE CONTAINING AG, AU, PB, ZN, CU BUT SMELTER ONLY PAYS FOR AG, AU, PB AND CU. ZN IS NOT PAID FOR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 155123mt ore
    Remarks USGS OFR 2004-1038.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver 133 g/mt Silver Primary 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE DATA WERE PROVIDED BY JIM COLSON (1981) AND BOB HILLMAN, (1983) OF CLAYTON SILVER MINES. ALL RESERVES ARE IN THE NORTH ORE SHOOT BETWEEN THE 800 AND 1100 LEVELS TOTAL MINE RESERVES AS OF OCT 1983 ARE 308.4 T (90%) THIS TOTAL RESERVE FIGURE IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. THE NORTH ORE SHOOT HAS BEEN MINED CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE 100 LEVEL TO THE 1100 LEVEL. AT THE 100 LEVEL THE NORTH ORE BODY WAS 46M LONG (ALONG STRIKE), AT THE 1100 LEVEL IT IS 137M LONG ALONG STRIKE. MR. COLSON IS VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE ORE DOWNDIP IS JUST AS STRONG AS IT IS AT THE 100 LEVEL. HE SUGGESTS THAT A GOOD ESTIMATE FOR ORE RESERVES IN THE NORTH ORE SHOOT IS 1360MT PER VERTICAL FOOT. BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUITY OF THE NORTH ORE SHOOT THIS AUTHOR FEELS THAT PROJECTING THE ORE BODY DOWNDIP BELOW THE 1100 LEVEL IS VALID. TAKING HALF OF THE DISTANCE FROM THE 100 LEVEL TO THE 1100 LEVEL(500 FEET), THE ORE RESERVES BETWEEN THE 1100 AND 1600 LEVELS IS ESTIMATED AT 680000MT. TAKING THE DISTANCE FROM THE 100 LEVEL TO THE 1100 LEVEL THE ORE RESERVES BETWEEN THE 1100 AND 2100 LEVELS IS ESTIMATED AT 1360000 MT. Q90: 308,400T Q75: 308,400+680,000=988,400T. Q50: 308,000 + 1,360,000=1,668,400T. M9C4 MODIFIED TO REFLECT 1983 RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6000M
    Overall depth 350M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 100
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 227
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 21.28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT, AN 800-FT 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, AND 5 WORKING LEVELS. DRILLING INDICATES ORE EXTENDS 600 FT BELOW 800 LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • 29 PATENTED, 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 2 PATENTED MILLSITES ; ECON.COM: ALL ORE CONCENTRATED IN MILL AT THE MINE. RECOVERIES ARE 90% OF THE PB, 90% OF THE AG, AND 80% OF THE ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CLAYTON SILVER MINES, ANNUAL REPORTS 1978-80.

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 29, 1974; AP. 4, 1973; MAR. 17, 1972; MAR. 20, 1970; SEPT. 15, 1969; MAR. 13, 1967; MAR. 31, 1975; WESTERN MINING NEWS, MAR. 26, 1971.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CLAYTON SILVER MINES, 1982 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    CLAYTON SILVER MINES, INC., 1984 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    B.L.M., 1980, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED 230 KV POWERLINE AND RELATED FACILITIES; MOORE, IDAHO TO CHALLIS, IDAHO AND SQUAW CREEK, IDAHO, BLM SALMON DISTRICT, SALMON, IDAHO

  • Deposit

    B.L.M., 1981, MASTER TITLE PLATS

  • Deposit

    COLSON, JIM, 1981, MINING ENGINEER, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, P.D., 1978, U.S.B.M., MINERALS AVAILABILTIES SYSTEM DEPOSIT SUMMARY REPORT, CLAYTON SILVER MINE (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    HAYS, W.H., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LONE PINE PEAK QUAD, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1060

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLAYTON QUAD, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP 75-76

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1968, THE KINNIKINIC QUARTZITE OF CENTRAL IDAHO REDEFINITION AND SUBDIVISION, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1254-5

  • Deposit

    JONES, ROBERT, 1959, CLAYTON SILVER MINES; SUMMARY REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF MINE OR MINERAL DEPOSIT, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    NEWHOUSE, W.H., 1943, GEOLOGY OF CLAYTON SILVER MINE, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S.(UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    REMBER, W.C., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, GEOLOGIC MAP SERIES, C.2.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S. BULL. 877.

  • Deposit

    CLAYTON SILVER MINES ANNUAL REPT. FOR 1974, FORM 10-K, SEC.

  • Deposit

    SETTLES, DICK, 1981, MINE MANAGER, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Case study of the environmental signature of a recently abandoned, carbonate-hosted replacement deposit: The Clayton Mine, Idaho; Hammarstrom, Jane et al., USGS OFR-02-10.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, NORM, 1981, CHAIRMAN, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974-75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    TAILLEUR, IRVIN, 1948, ABSTRACT OF ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLAYTON AREA, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIV

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 29, 1974; AP. 4, 1973; AP. 3, 1970; SEPT. 15, 1969.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINATION OF CLAYTON SILVER MINES (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M., 1942, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, WAR MINERALS REPORT (CLASS C), NOVEMBER 1942.

  • Deposit

    U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1980, FINAL E.I.S. THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORP.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S., 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO, ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S., 1964, O.M.E. REPORT(SILVER), DOCKET NO. 6324, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S., BULL 539.

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPTS SEPT 1982 THRU MAY 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN T11N R17E SECTIONS 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25. SHUT DOWN MAY 24, 1986. APPARENTLY OUT OF RESERVES. NOTE: SHOWN AS ACTIVE IN 1991. MINING & MINERALS IN IDAHO, 1990 (DRAFT). IDAHO GEOL. SURV., 1991, P5. 1.5 MI. NORTH OF CLAYTON, IDAHO, VIA KINNIKINICK RD . PROPERTY NOT IN PRODUCTION, JULY-DEC, 1982 DUE TO LOW SILVER PRICES. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE COMPANY COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION OF BOTH MINE AND MILL IN WHICH BOTH WERE RE-WIRED, A USED 227T/D BALL MILL ($55,000) INSTALLED, AND A GEOLOGIC EVALUATION AND DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM STARTED. MINE CLOSED OCT 1983 DUE TO FLOODING AS RESULT OF 6.9 (RICHTER SCALE) EARTHQUAKE IN VICINITY. MINE WAS FLOODED 45 M ABOVE 1100 LEVEL (PRODUCTION LEVEL); LARGER PUMPS WERE INSTALLED AND MINE DE-WATERED. PRODUCTION RESUMED IN FEB 1984. DURING CLOSURE NEW 1,000 KW AUX GENERATOR, A LARGER PUMPING SYSTEM AND NEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WERE INSTALLED. THE MINE DRY BUILDING WAS EXPANDED, NEW SURFACE ORE BINS CONSTRUCTED, A MINE ASSAY BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND VENTILATION SYSTEM UPGRADED.
Deposit MINE IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION SINCE JULY 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUN-1997 Clarke, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/1991
MSHA mine ID1000142
Mine name (MSHA)Clayton Silver Mines Inc
Current operatorClayton Silver Mines Inc
Current controller (parent)Magnuson H F
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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