South Mtn. District

Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, 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 60000211
MRDS ID D001443
Record type District
Current site name South Mtn. District
Related records 10192871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86767, 42.74988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86767, 42.74988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SORENSON, R.E., 1927, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MTN. MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 22

Beyond USGS

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