Specimen Mine

Past Producer in Boise 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241107
MAS/MILS ID 0160150238
Record type Site
Current site name Specimen Mine
Alternate or previous names Specimen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.54675, 44.10488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 N 008 E 19 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.54675, 44.10488

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. M. Whitney
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACT. OF ID MINING PROP., 1974.

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-93, 1993, P. 82-84.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-93 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references