The General Custer Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.38222, -114.68639
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General Custer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: General Custer Mine
Secondary: Custer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Antimony Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1876
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FOUND 1 OZ AU TO 80 - 90 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): VALUE $8,000,000. LATER STAGES OF MINING $30/TON.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL CLAIMS INCLUDING GENERAL CUSTER, UNKNOWN, WHITEBIRD
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS
Comment (Workings): MANY TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): STATUS AS 0F 1996 WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE RANDOL DIRECTORIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539
Reference (Deposit): 1927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 25
Reference (Deposit): 1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 83
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.
Reference (Deposit): CASS, H. K., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE JORDAN CREEK AREA, YANKEE FORK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO THESIS 82 P.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 539, P. 83
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, PP. 270, 271.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P197.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1907, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 441, P. 210.
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