The Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,179 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: 3,179 Feet (969 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.63889, -115.84833
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Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect
Secondary: Anchor Group
Secondary: Golden Reward
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Buckskin Gold And Silver, Inc.
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 10.0% Pb, 8.0% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chlorite, Sericite
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED CLAIMS, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 250 ACRE UNPATENTED AREA
Comment (Deposit): THE SHEAR ZONES STRIKE N 50 TO 65 DEG W, DIP 70 DEG W TO VERTICALLY
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS; GIVEN LENGTH WORKINGS A 1951 FIGURE
Comment (Deposit): THE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE STRIKES N 45 DEG E (AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES) AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL. ANCHOR GROUP SOLD 7 PATENTED, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TO BUCKSKIN GOLD AND SILVER ( 1969 ).
References
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47
Reference (Deposit): 1951 COMPILE 53RD ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1951
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUART. OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 172
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): MC DOWELL, G. A., 1951 , 53RD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, P. 70
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 22 , 1969
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