Burn Creek Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193088
MRDS ID W014077
MAS/MILS ID 0160590519
Record type Site
Current site name Burn Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area, River of No Return Wilderness
Related records 10070931

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.77064, 44.71428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
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

Falconberry Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(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

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 016 N 014 E 20 NESENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.77064, 44.71428

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE ACROSS QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGED 10.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON; 0.01 PERCENT COPPER, AND TRACE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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