Scotia Mine

Past Producer in Blaine 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144365
MRDS ID W013897
MAS/MILS ID 0160130178
Record type Site
Current site name Scotia Mine
Alternate or previous names Scotia
Related records 10105679

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.92233, 43.86429 (WGS84)
Elevation 2853
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006 N 013 E 09 SESENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.92233, 43.86429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bessie Stanford
    Interest 100
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 146, 1971, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-92, 1992, P. 40-41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Horn, Michael C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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