Porcupine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169004
MAS/MILS ID 0160590325
Record type Site
Current site name Porcupine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.2544, 44.3431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2697
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Windy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 012 N 027 E 28, 29 NENENW (29) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.2544, 44.3431

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Quinton And Lois Snook
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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