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Yellowjacket Mountains Area

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, REE
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266630
MAS/MILS ID 0160590417
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowjacket Mountains Area
Alternate or previous names Large Concentration

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.51124, 45.10018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2389
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 017 E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.51124, 45.10018
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Map Series Elk City 2 Deg. Quad 1981

  • Deposit

    Pattee and others, 1968, USBM RI-7148.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 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.

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