The Buckeye Boy Mine is a gold mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,041 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: 3,041 Feet (927 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.6358, -115.87390
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Buckeye Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. David Sellers
Owner Name: Sigmund Thorkelson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POCKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Faults On No. 3 Level
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME ORE CARRIED 550 OZ/TON AU AND 140 OZ/TON AG (RANSOME AND CALKINS)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): $25,000 ORE PRODUCED FROM SINGLE POCKET IN 1885 (RANSOME AND CALKINS) ORE YIELDED $33/TON (SHENON)
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN UPPER TUNNEL STRIKES N 20 DEG E, DIPS 5 DEG N
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, PHILIP J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 13 , 1968.
Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PROF. PAPER 62 . SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.
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