Pacific 9a Mine

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070969
MRDS ID W014131
MAS/MILS ID 160370218
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific 9a Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3147, 44.4467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 5.5 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 018E 22,23 NESE (22) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3147, 44.4467

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Centennial Development Co.

Comments on the ownership information

  • Part of Keystone Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974: USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 34 - 36

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-04-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1988-08-03 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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