Idaho · Custer County
Past Producer

Ramshorn Mine

Custer County, Idaho, United States
LeadSilverCopperZincGold
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlVeins Parallel To Cleavage Of Slate; Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerargyrite, Fluorite, Malachite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockSlate,Phyllite,Dolomite,Quartzite,Conglomerate · "Ramshorn Slate", "Garden Creek Phyllite", "Bayhorse Dolomite", "Kinnikinic Quartzite"
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Andesite,Tuff · "Idaho Batholith", "Challis Volcanics"
Structure2 Faults, Bayhorse Anticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1877
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10071079
MRDS IDW014288
Alternate namesPost Boy, Utah Boy, Aetna
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates44.4103, -114.3614
References
Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P.Lokken, J. C., 1925, A Metallurgical Investigation Of Ore Of The Ramshorn Mine, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho Ms Thesis, 46 P.Campbell, A., 1947, Forty-Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1946.Campbell, A., 1945, Forty-Sixth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1944.McDowell, G. A., 1948, Forty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1947.Campbell, A., 1946, Forty-Seventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1945.1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 5391937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 877Bell, R.N. Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P. 94Bell, R.N. 1904 Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903, P. 50-51U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 516, P. 226.Chambers, A. E., 1966, Geology And Mineral Deposits Of Part Of The Bayhorse Mining District: Unpublished Ph.D Dissertation, Univ. Of ArizonaBayshore Smelter, 1902, Ramshorn Mines Company Production For 1902-1906: Bayhorse Smelter Records.Ross, C.P., 1937 , USGS Bulletin 877 Campbell, A., 1947 , 48th Annual Report, P. 240 Campbell, A., 1945 , 46th Annual Report, P. 202 McDowell, G.A., 1948 , 49th Annual Report, P. 234 Campbell, A., 1946 , 47th Annual Report, P. 245.