Mine detail: General Custer Mine

Previously called 'Custer'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.38211, -114.68732

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Antimony, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1876

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Andesite
Associated rock:Oligo Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Trachytic Tuff
Associated type:Tuff,Andesite

References

MRDSW014312
MAS160370301
DEP10071096
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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 .}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539}{Deposit:: 1927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 25}{Deposit:: 1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 83}{Deposit:: BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1907, P. 77.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 441, P. 210.}{Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, PP. 270, 271.}{Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P197.}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 539, P. 83}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Buckingham, David A.