Lookout Ridge

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10193371
MAS/MILS ID 0160850162
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Ridge
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.07035, 44.98878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2572
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Safety Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 019 N 011 E 11 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.07035, 44.98878

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS - ONE SAMPLE TAKEN ASSAYED AT ZERO GOLD AND ZERO SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY

  • Deposit

    IDAHO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1304, PP. 68-70 AND 100.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-MAY-95 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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