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Silver Creek

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119910
MAS/MILS ID 0160150158
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek
Alternate or previous names Sawtooth Primitive Area.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -115.12034, 44.16848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 011 E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ABOUT 914 METERS WEST OF OBSERVATION PEAK, NEAR THE CREST OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN SILVER AND TRAIL A COMPOSIT SAMPLE FROM THREE PITS AND THE DUMP OF THE ADIT ASSAYED 3.1 GRAM GOLD AND 168 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -115.12034, 44.16848
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    P. D98-D99; ALSO ON PLATE 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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