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Massacre Mercury Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040438
MRDS ID M055220
MAS/MILS ID 0160370639
Record type Site
Current site name Massacre Mercury Prospect
Alternate or previous names Massacre Mercury Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.73704, 44.64678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015 N 015 E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Loon Creek, 10 Mi N of Loon Creek Ranger Station

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.73704, 44.64678
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hot Springs Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Massacre Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mercury In Idaho, 1965, USBM IC 825

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 8, P. 66.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-74 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-MAY-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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