Birch Creek District

Producer in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, 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 60000212
MRDS ID D001444
Record type District
Current site name Birch Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83417, 44.1666 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83417, 44.1666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., AND WAGNER, W.R., 1944, LEAD-ZINC-COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT, CLARK AND LEMHI COUNTIES, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 70

Beyond USGS

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