Maid of Erin Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120106
MAS/MILS ID 0160030141
Record type Site
Current site name Maid of Erin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.5554, 45.19127 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purgatory Saddle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 002 W 02 SWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.5554, 45.19127

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IBMG BULL. 1, 1920

  • Deposit

    CLOSE, T.J., AND OTHERS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HELLS

  • Deposit

    CANYON WILDERNESS AREA AND PORTIONS OF THE HELLS CANYON

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL RECREATION STUDY AREA, ADAMS, IDAHO, AND NEZ

  • Deposit

    PERCE COUNTIES, IDAHO, AND WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON:

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT, P. 271-274.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-1993 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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