The Valley Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.3358, -115.04970
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Valley Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Valley Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized, Silicified
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES COLLECTED BY U.S. BUR. MINES AVERAGED 0.19 OZ AU/TON, 1.8 OZ AG/TON, AND 2.0% PB. SELECTED HIGHEST GRADE MATERIAL COLLECTED BY THE USGS AVERAGES 2 OZ AU AND 11 OZ AG PER TON. 12 CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLES FROM GLORY HOLE AVG. 0.77 OZ AU/TON, 2.99 OZ AG/TON, 5.37% PB. 8 OTHER SAMPLES AVG. 0.19 OZ AU/TON, 1.8 OZ AG/TON, 2.0% PB
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 Patented Claims, 6 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Production): Totals Include Some 1940 - 1942 Production From Buckskin Mine ; Item 8 Production Intermittent : Production In 1904 , 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942; Item 8 Production Intermittent : Production In 1904 , 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942. Production Years For Items 8 - 10 : 1904 - 1905 , 1907 , 1909 , 1940 - 1942 .
Comment (Workings): Underground Workings Inaccessible. Largest Surface Working Is Glory Hole 300 Ft. Long, 250 Ft. Wide, 78 Ft. Deep.
References
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N. Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903, P. 48-49
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, P.365, Pl.3, No.3
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Areas, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3, 23 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept.
Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 484.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 492
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