Explorer Group

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144946
MRDS ID W013472
MAS/MILS ID 0160590541
Record type Site
Current site name Explorer Group
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10093481

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -114.54204, 45.11348 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 021 N 016 E 36 NESESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -114.54204, 45.11348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 383.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED AT AN ELEVATION OF 2,713 METERS AT THE EXTREME SOUTH END OF THE DISTRICT. ACCESS IS BY AN ABANDONED ROAD, 1 MILE NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE CRAGS CAMPGROUND. RANDOM SAMPLE OF FLOAT CONTAINED 5.8 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, 0.01 PERCENT COPPER, 0.05% LEAD, 0.30% ZINC, AND NO GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.