Contact

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144778
MRDS ID W013345
MAS/MILS ID 0160590148
Record type Site
Current site name Contact
Alternate or previous names Bell Claims
Related records 10070417

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.95342, 45.29319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023 N 021 E 26 SWSWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.95342, 45.29319

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 810128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1958 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 115, P 77-78

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1959 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 118, P 88-89

  • Deposit

    STAATZ 1972 USGS BULL 1351: GEOL OF THORIUM VEINS, LEMHI PA

  • Deposit

    ROSS AND GEORGE 1976 USBM RES REPT 62.1 SALT LK CTY RES CEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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