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Watson Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023006
MRDS ID FS00632
MAS/MILS ID 0160590620
Record type Site
Current site name Watson Claim
Alternate or previous names Moonlight, Harry Watson, Bluemoon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03313, 45.53709 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 021E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1956 LEWIECKI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03313, 45.53709
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

  • Deposit

    Trites, A.F., Jr. and Tooker, E.W., 1953, Uranium and thorium deposits in east-central Idaho and southwestern Montana; USGS Bulletin 988-H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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