Buckskin Claims

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

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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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