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Snowslide Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071795
MRDS ID W015352
Record type Site
Current site name Snowslide Mountain Prospect
Related records 10217450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.24456, 45.08568 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position .25 MI SE OF CENTER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 010E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF SNOWSLIDE MOUNTAIN (CENTER MTN) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result POD CONTAINS 60% FE OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.24456, 45.08568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monumental Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS A POD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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