Gold Location

Unknown in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. 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 10168014
MRDS ID M007587
MAS/MILS ID 0160150156
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Location
Alternate or previous names Sawtooth Primitive Area.
Related records 10029812, 10139265

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.05344, 44.15598 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 012 E 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.05344, 44.15598

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    P.D119-D120; ALSO ON PLATE 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED SOUTH OF TWO SMALL ALKES ALONG THE EAST FLANK OF MT. REGAN. SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE OF GOLD, 31 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND TRACES OF LEAD, MOLYBDENUM, AND BERYLLIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.