Idaho Gold & Platinum Merger Mines

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Platinum
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 10217293
MAS/MILS ID 0160730187
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Gold & Platinum Merger Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.91514, 42.79989 (WGS84)
Elevation 813
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenns Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007 S 005 E 19 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.91514, 42.79989

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO 1929 P188

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN LITTLE VALLEY; BRUNEAU. WORK STARTED IN SINKING A VERTICAL SHAFT LINED WITH CON-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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.