Several Pits Prospects

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum

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
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10169152
MRDS ID	W014001
MAS/MILS ID	0160850288
Record type	Site
Current site name	Several Pits Prospects
Alternate or previous names	Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records	10093520

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Pit
Geographic coordinates:	-115.37956, 44.81318 (WGS84)
Elevation	2536
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chilcoot Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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	Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	017 N	009 E	09	NESESW	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Gold	Primary
Lead	Tertiary
Molybdenum	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1)	Granodiorite and two-mica granite.	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Prospect
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	0160850288
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W014001	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_830	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1304, 1973, P. 357.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	A GRAB SAMPLE OF GRANITIC MATERIALS ON THE DUMPS CONTAINED 0.34 GRAM OF GOLD PER METRIC TON, NO SILVER, AND A TRACE OF COPPER, LEAD AND MOLYBDENUM.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	14-MAR-1995	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.