Mackinaw, Leesburg District

Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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 60000222
MRDS ID D001458
Record type District
Current site name Mackinaw, Leesburg District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11763, 45.21659 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11763, 45.21659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name MACKINAW DISTRICT
District name LEESBURG DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, P.N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUAD., LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 113, P. 7-20

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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