Oro Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10168396
MRDS ID	W014406
MAS/MILS ID	0160150147
Record type	Site
Current site name	Oro Mine
Related records	10071165

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-115.84126, 44.00958 (WGS84)
Elevation	1560
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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	Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	008 N	005 E	22	SE	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Tertiary
Silver	Primary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-115.84126, 44.00958	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Boise National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160150147
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W014406	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_559	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS GARDEN VALLEY IDA 1959

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1990	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.