Mountain King

Past Producer in Camas county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216739
MAS/MILS ID 0160250108
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King
Alternate or previous names Ainco Minearea

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.76762, 43.76179 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camas(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005 N 014 E 15 S2SESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.76762, 43.76179

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vienna

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin Johnson
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-87, 1987, P. 78-81.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-92, 1992, PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-1992 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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