Geothermal Location

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Geothermal
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 10241748
MAS/MILS ID 0160730306
Record type Site
Current site name Geothermal Location

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.26176, 43.06348 (WGS84)
Elevation 785

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 S 002 E 19 SWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.26176, 43.06348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, S.H.; 1971, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PH 150,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERAL IS PYRRHOTITE AT DEPTH. SAMPLES SAID TO CONTAIN 4.0 PERCENT NICKEL, 2.0 PERCENT COBALT, 6.0 PERCENT ARSENIC, AND SOME COPPER SULFIDES AND CARBONATES.

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.