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Mining Nickel Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071983
MRDS ID W015783
MAS/MILS ID 0160590240
Record type Site
Current site name Mining Nickel Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93121, 44.87909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 15.5 MI W NW OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldbug Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 021E 24 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .1 Mile N Of Junction Of Poisson Creek And S Fk Poison Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE DETECTED NO NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Quartz-Biotite Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Quartz-Biotite Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93121, 44.87909
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Poison Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin And M. L. Barrett

Comments on development

  • 10 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Soregaroli, A. E., 1961, Geology Of The McKim Creek Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 53 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-APR-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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