Nipper

Occurrence in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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 10120196
MAS/MILS ID 0160230048
Record type Site
Current site name Nipper

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.15478, 44.0991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 N 028 E 20 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.15478, 44.0991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    C, NO. 37, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LEMHI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1081-F, 260 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-NOV-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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