Buckskin Prospect

The Buckskin Prospect is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Buckskin Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 44.3256, -114.56220

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Buckskin Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Buckskin Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc


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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Salmon River Scheelite Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY FOUND 0.13% WO3


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Vesuvianite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT


References

Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.

Reference (Production): COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 24.

Reference (Deposit): GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974

Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108

Reference (Deposit): 1974 COMPILE 71ST ANN. IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. 1974


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