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Steen Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Iron
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070553
MRDS ID W013534
MAS/MILS ID 0160590705
Record type Site
Current site name Steen Claim
Alternate or previous names Steen-Olson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35204, 45.05128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 6 1/2 MI. SW OF COBALT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(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 020N 018E 21 N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECK

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35204, 45.05128
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Musgrove District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bill Steen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bennett, E. H., 1976, Personal Communication

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This Claim Is Related To The Blackbird District. Geologic Setting Looks Favorable For Further Exploration At Depth

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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