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Mountain Chief Mine

Prospect in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192840
MAS/MILS ID 0160190099
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Caribou City-Stump Creek Area Mla

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.30271, 43.07912 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 S 044 E Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • UNABLE TO IDENTIFY IN THE FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Sedimentary rocks (Jurassic).
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 5, 1961, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R.L., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.E., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION OF THE CARIBOU CITY-STUMP CREEK AREA,

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE AND ARIBOU COUNTIES, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 15-93.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1994 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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