Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryAntimony, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Andesite
Associated rockTuff,Andesite · Oligo Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Trachytic Tuff
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1876
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10071096
MRDS IDW014312
Alternate namesCuster
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.38211, -114.68732
References
UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.CASS, H. K., 1973, GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE JORDAN CREEK AREA, YANKEE FORK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO THESIS 82 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE - FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P.STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .5) ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 5391927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 251949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 83BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1907, P. 77.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 441, P. 210.RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, PP. 270, 271.RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P197.UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 539, P. 83