True Fissure Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070530
MRDS ID W013500
MAS/MILS ID 0160590039
Record type Site
Current site name True Fissure Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22983, 45.32959 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF SHOUP, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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 023N 019E 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE RUNS FROM $40 - 50/TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.22983, 45.32959

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jacobs, M. H., 1903, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1902

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1907: P. 122.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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