The Monte Cristo Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,690 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: 6,690 Feet (2,039 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.5506, -114.83080
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Monte Cristo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ENTERED AS AN UNNAMED PROSPECT, LOCATED FROM THE CASTO QUAD. MILS RECORDS INDICATE TWO OTHERS, THE MONTE CRISTO (0160370252 AND 0160370709) WERE ALSO IN THE SYSTEM; THESE WERE DELETED IN FEB. 1983 AS DUPLICATE RECORDS AND THE DATA CONSOLIDATED UNDER THIS SEQUENCE NUMBER.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935.
Reference (Deposit): TRY OF IDAHO: P. 106; SEE ALSO ANNUAL REPORTS THROUGH
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1924, 26TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUS-
Reference (Deposit): 37, APPENDIX.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-85, 1985, P. 56-59,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 88-83, 1983, MAP NO.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1934, U.S.G.S. BULL. 854, P. 125.
Reference (Deposit): 62.
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