Cougar Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144430
MRDS ID W013920
MAS/MILS ID 0160850039
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Mine
Alternate or previous names Cougar, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070820

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.30265, 44.68048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016 N 009 E 36 SESENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.30265, 44.68048

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, Leahy, Kimball
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1936

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Inferred 4539mt ore
    Total resources 4539mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.6999 g/mt Gold Major 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1996 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.

External references