The Buckskin Claims is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,301 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: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3256, -114.56220
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Buckskin Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckskin Claims
Secondary: Roosevelt Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: David Fisher, William Fisher, W. J. Richards
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Form: REEF
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Skarn (Tactite)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 150 TONS OF ORE ASSAYED 0.13% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 500, P. 222.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT 1
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