Vermillion Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10040394
MRDS ID	M055150
Record type	Site
Current site name	Vermillion Mine
Related records	10168714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-115.28707, 44.90377 (WGS84)
Elevation	2438
Relative position	3 MILES NE OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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	Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
	018N	010E	07		Idaho

Comments on the location information

2.5 MI E OF STIBNITE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Mercury	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Cinnabar	Ore

Analytical data

Result	6 LB ORE

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-115.28707, 44.90377	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner United Mercury Mines, Inc.

Type	Owner
Owner	United Mercury Mines, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

LAST OPERATED 1957

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M055150
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_144	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Production

USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1974	Bergquist, Joel R.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1976	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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