Mountain View Group

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Graphite, 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. 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 10265169
MAS/MILS ID 0160370177
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.99784, 44.25238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011 N 012 E 25 NESE Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL;

  • Deposit

    VANNOY AND OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.390, NO.24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWELVE SAMPLES; 0.1 TO 0.3 OZ SILVER PER TON & TRACE GOLD> COPPER, LEAD & ZINC. TWLEVE SAMPLES OF GRAPHITIC GNEISS; 0.043 TO 2.30 PERCENT TOTAL CARBON WITH AN UNWEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 0.61 PERCENT TOTAL CARBON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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