Oregon Group

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022927
MRDS ID FS00444
MAS/MILS ID 0160590853
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Group
Alternate or previous names Oregon Nos 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43422, 44.43323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Creek Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 025E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1960 DOW

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43422, 44.43323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-88, 1988, No. 18, P. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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