Underground

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143618
MAS/MILS ID 0160370417
Record type Site
Current site name Underground
Alternate or previous names Empyreum, Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -114.64622, 43.99679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2871
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 008 N 015 E 25 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -114.64622, 43.99679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANNOY, R. M., AND OTHERS, 1986, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE

  • Deposit

    EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA,

  • Deposit

    IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1545-E, P. 305-307;

  • Deposit

    PLATE 3, NO. 145.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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