Warm Springs District

Occurrence in Blaine 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000889
MRDS ID K002918
Record type Deposit
Current site name Warm Springs District
Alternate or previous names Triumph mine, North Star mine, Independence mine, Old Triumph mine, Lucky G. I. mine, Lucky Coin prospect, Bald Eagle prospect, Baltimore mine, C & P Silver mine, Elkhorn mine, Evelyn prospect, Gray Eagle prospect, Ida Harlan prospect, Jankow prospect, Joe Anderson mine, June Day mine, Leilani prospect, Parker Mine, Silver Cord prospect, Ontario mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -114.28421, 43.66659 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Approximate center of the district, near Triumph mine. Records sharing this district name cover an area about 40 km EW by 20 km NS., 2000, 2000, 2000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -114.28421, 43.66659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name WARM SPRINGS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC KNIGHT, E. T., NEWMAN, W. L., AND HEYL, A. V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G., AND ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, 250 P.

  • Deposit

    MERRIAM, C. W., AND BOZION, C. N., 1942, DETAILED REPORT ON THE TRIUMPH MINE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T. H., 1950, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TRIUMPH-PARKER MINE MINERAL BELT, PT. 2 OF DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 90, P. 39-62.

  • 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.