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North Fork of Eagle Creek Lode

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073301
MRDS ID W019312
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork of Eagle Creek Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.31581, 43.08212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 2.5 MI SSE OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 044E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LESS THAN 1 MI S AND SLIGHTLY W OF CARIBOU MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wayan Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wayan Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.31581, 43.08212
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE DIPS ALMOST VERTICALLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, J. A., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE CARIBOU MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNEVILLE AND CARIBOU COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 59 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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