Effa Mine

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070824
MRDS ID W013925
MAS/MILS ID 0160370234
Record type Site
Current site name Effa Mine
Alternate or previous names Effa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88674, 44.60318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 28 MI N OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 013E 28 NWNESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Outcrops Few Hundred Ft W of Lost Packer Vein

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Mica Schist
    Rock description Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88674, 44.60318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Ivers
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 530, P. 66 - 74

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bull. 53

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 88-83, 1983, Map No. 14, Appendix.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 60, P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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