Nounan Group

Occurrence in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096450
MRDS ID W026124
Record type Site
Current site name Nounan Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4605, 42.46772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 0.5 MI SW NOUNAN; 4.5 MI W GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nounan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 043E 17 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Garden City Limestone-Dolomite
    Rock description Garden City Limestone-Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4605, 42.46772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE TRENDS N 15 DEG E, DIPS 65 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nounan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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