Copper Basin District

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
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
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000255
MRDS ID D001503
Record type District
Current site name Copper Basin District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83419, 43.7499 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smiley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Custer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83419, 43.7499

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name COPPER BASIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY REGION, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 97

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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