Morning Glory

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144861
MAS/MILS ID 0160590943
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98422, 45.23319 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

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 Lemhi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98422, 45.23319

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Formation Capital Corp.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Battle Mountain Exploration Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • UNDER THE JV AGREEMENT, BATTLE MOUNTAIN EXPLORATION COMPANY MAY EARN A 60% INTEREST BY ACTING AS OPERATOR AND INCURRING US$1,500,000 FOR EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, NOV 8, 1995, P 1.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, JUN 19, 1995, P 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS T22N R21W BOISE MERIDIAN; IT CONTAINS 2733 ACRES (1106 HA).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-1996 Clarke, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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