Forney Nos 1 and 2

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022990
MRDS ID FS00606
Record type Site
Current site name Forney Nos 1 and 2
Related records 10169160

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28703, 44.98429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Opal Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 018E 12,13 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result FS SUPPLEMENTAL MIN REPORT 1958 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.28703, 44.98429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, U.S. MUSEUM, BULLETIN 131

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.