Railroad Ridge

Unknown in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143776
MAS/MILS ID 0160370151
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.59952, 44.14549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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 010 N 016 E 32 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.59952, 44.14549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRINER, 1974, 71ST ANN. REPT. OF MINING IND. OF ID. FOR 1973

  • Deposit

    -1974; IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, 1982,

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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