Snowslide Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217450
MRDS ID W015352
MAS/MILS ID 0160850406
Record type Site
Current site name Snowslide Mountain Prospect
Related records 10071795

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.24456, 45.08568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2670
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 010 E 09 SESWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.24456, 45.08568

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO, UGSG BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 297-309.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE EXPLORATION PIT EXPOSES A POD OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE. THE POD IS APPROX. 1 TONNE AND CONTAINS ABOUT 60% IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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