Mountain View Group

Prospect in Valley 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. 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193683
MRDS ID W014021
MAS/MILS ID 0160850504
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Group
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070893

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.04515, 44.86798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
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

Pungo 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)

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 018 N 012 E 30 NWNESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.04515, 44.86798

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOUNTAIN VIEW GROUP CONSISTS OF 2.0 HECTARES WITH ESTIMATED VOLUME OF ALLUVIUM OF 336424 CUBIC METERS.RANGE OF GOLD VALUES FROM TRACE TO 0.4 CENTS PER CUBIC METER. GOLD VALUE BASED ON 154 CENTS PER GRAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-95 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.