The Buckskin Prospect is a 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:
Lat, Long: 44.3256, -114.56220
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Buckskin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Bayhorse 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
Owner Name: Salmon River Scheelite Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY FOUND 0.13% WO3
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
Reference (Production): COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
Reference (Deposit): 1974 COMPILE 71ST ANN. IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. 1974
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