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East Fork

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067851
MRDS ID W000721
MAS/MILS ID 0160590708
Record type Site
Current site name East Fork

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.13653, 45.47239 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 025 N 020 E 30 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.13653, 45.47239
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COBALT MINERAL WITH CHALCOPYRITE IN SMALL VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J.S., 1964, COBALT AND NICKEL, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: U.S. CONG., 88TH, 2ND SESS., P.66-6 (also in Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology SR-1)

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL,and others, 1982, ELK CITY QUAD: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Mines and Prospects Map Series, Scale 1:250,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-2010 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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