Massacre Mtn. Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217103
MAS/MILS ID 0160370998
Record type Site
Current site name Massacre Mtn. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Same As Primary Name, Massacre Mtn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -113.52259, 44.0999 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Massacre Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 N 025 E 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -113.52259, 44.0999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1947, BORAH PEAK QUADRANGLE, GEOL SOC AMERICA BULL 58

  • Deposit

    NO. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROSS (1947) SHOWS A PROSPECT 2 1/2 MI NE OF MASSACRE MOUNTAIN; NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND IN A 1985 SEARCH OF THI AREA BY BUREAU OF MINES PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-NOV-1992 Capstick, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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