Mine detail: Clayton Silver Mine

Previously called 'Clark MineCamp Bird Claim GroupCuster Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.28069, -114.41452

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1934

Geology

Host rock:Kinnikinnic Quartzite, Ella Dolomite, Clayton Mine Quartzite, Saturday Mountain
Host type:Dolomite,Quartzite
Associated type:Limestone

References

MRDSM060188
MAS160370023
DEP10168424
Reference{Deposit:: B.L.M., 1980, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED 230 KV POWERLINE AND RELATED FACILITIES; MOORE, IDAHO TO CHALLIS, IDAHO AND SQUAW CREEK, IDAHO, BLM SALMON DISTRICT, SALMON, IDAHO}{Deposit:: B.L.M., 1981, MASTER TITLE PLATS}{Deposit:: COLSON, JIM, 1981, MINING ENGINEER, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, P.D., 1978, U.S.B.M., MINERALS AVAILABILTIES SYSTEM DEPOSIT SUMMARY REPORT, CLAYTON SILVER MINE (UNPUBLISHED)}{Deposit:: HAYS, W.H., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LONE PINE PEAK QUAD, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1060}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLAYTON QUAD, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE MAP 75-76}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1968, THE KINNIKINIC QUARTZITE OF CENTRAL IDAHO REDEFINITION AND SUBDIVISION, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1254-5}{Deposit:: JONES, ROBERT, 1959, CLAYTON SILVER MINES; SUMMARY REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF MINE OR MINERAL DEPOSIT, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY (UNPUBLISHED)}{Deposit:: NEWHOUSE, W.H., 1943, GEOLOGY OF CLAYTON SILVER MINE, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S.(UNPUBLISHED)}{Deposit:: REMBER, W.C., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, GEOLOGIC MAP SERIES, C.2.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S. BULL. 877.}{Deposit:: CLAYTON SILVER MINES ANNUAL REPT. FOR 1974, FORM 10-K, SEC.}{Deposit:: SETTLES, DICK, 1981, MINE MANAGER, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: Case study of the environmental signature of a recently abandoned, carbonate-hosted replacement deposit: The Clayton Mine, Idaho; Hammarstrom, Jane et al., USGS OFR-02-10.}{Deposit:: SMITH, NORM, 1981, CHAIRMAN, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974-75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 32.}{Deposit:: TAILLEUR, IRVIN, 1948, ABSTRACT OF ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLAYTON AREA, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIV}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 29, 1974; AP. 4, 1973; AP. 3, 1970; SEPT. 15, 1969.}{Deposit:: EXAMINATION OF CLAYTON SILVER MINES (UNPUBLISHED)}{Deposit:: U.S.B.M., 1942, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, WAR MINERALS REPORT (CLASS C), NOVEMBER 1942.}{Deposit:: U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1980, FINAL E.I.S. THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORP.}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S., 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO, ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1.}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S., 1964, O.M.E. REPORT(SILVER), DOCKET NO. 6324, CLAYTON SILVER MINES, UNPUBLISHED}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S., BULL 539.}{Deposit:: MSHA RPTS SEPT 1982 THRU MAY 1983}{Production:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 29, 1974; AP. 4, 1973; MAR. 17, 1972; MAR. 20, 1970; SEPT. 15, 1969; MAR. 13, 1967; MAR. 31, 1975; WESTERN MINING NEWS, MAR. 26, 1971.}{Reserve-Resource:: CLAYTON SILVER MINES, ANNUAL REPORTS 1978-80.}{Reserve-Resource:: CLAYTON SILVER MINES, 1982 ANNUAL REPORT}{Reserve-Resource:: CLAYTON SILVER MINES, INC., 1984 ANNUAL REPORT}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Puffett, Willard P., Clarke, Donald