Fern

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242010
MRDS ID M055155
MAS/MILS ID 0160850031
Record type Site
Current site name Fern
Related records 10040397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.29096, 44.90708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 010 E 07 NWSESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.29096, 44.90708

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 969-F, P. 151-197.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: SYMPOSIUM

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS, 1988, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    COOKRO, T.M., LEAD AUTHOR FOR SECTION ON YELLOW PINE

  • Deposit

    GOLD-TUNGSTEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references