The Gamebet Claim Group is a copper mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.7119, -113.93610
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Gamebet Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gamebet Claim Group
Secondary: Lambert Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Copper Basin 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harold C. Lambert
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Located On the E. Side of Star Hope Creek, N.W. of the Star Hope Mine.
Comment (Production): Approximately 60 Tons of Cu-Ag Ore Was Apparently Shipped From This Property
Comment (Development): Property Consists of Four Unpatented Claims, Gamebet 1-4
Comment (Deposit): Four Mineralized Veins Have Been Explored. Property Consists of Four Unpatented Claims, Gameblet 1-Through 4.
Comment (Workings): One Adit, A Shallow Shaft, and Several Trenches Comprised the Workings In 1960.
Comment (Deposit): For More Information See O.M.E. Docket No. 6089. ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 605, P. 244.
Reference (Deposit): Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, Wa
Reference (Deposit): USGS Pp 97, 133 P.
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