Seafoam District

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000210
MRDS ID D001441
Record type District
Current site name Seafoam District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08425, 44.58318 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08425, 44.58318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SEAFOAM DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P. AND CARR, M.S., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 57, PT. 1, P. 44

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM, ALDER CREEK, LITTLE SMOKY, AND WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICTS, CUSTER AND CAMAS COUNTIES, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 33, P. 1-3

Beyond USGS

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