Cedar Mountain

Past Producer in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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 10192989
MAS/MILS ID 0160550089
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.61435, 47.88236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 052 N 003 W 12 N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MILES UP NORTH FORK OF HAYDEN CREEK ON CEDAR MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.61435, 47.88236

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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Merger Mines Corp.
    ID 1000869
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED AUGUST 1980.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/1983
MSHA mine ID1000869
Mine name (MSHA)Cedar Mountain Mine
Current operatorMerger Mines Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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