Dewey Moore Group

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242063
MRDS ID W015271
MAS/MILS ID 0160850458
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey Moore Group
Related records 10096370

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.08845, 45.15178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
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

Acorn Butte(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 021 N 011 E 14 SWNWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.08845, 45.15178

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
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 USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 342-346.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A RANDOM CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED A TRACE GOLD, 5.5 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, AND 0.02 PERCENT COPPER. A SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN ADIT CONTAINED A TRACE GOLD AND 3.77 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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