Baker Mine

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266597
MAS/MILS ID 0160590595
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -113.72171, 45.21799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022 N 023 E 22 NESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Sedimentary rocks and sediments.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amex Mining Corp.
    Home office New York
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, WFOC, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0160590542.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L, 1957, IDAHO PPAMPHLET 112, PP 45-51.

Comments on the references

  • MAP LOCATION IS GUESSED AT, BASED ON LOCATION OF COPPER ZONE FOUND IN IDAHO PAMPHLET 112 P45-51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER ASSAYS REPORTED 9.5 PERCENT. ORE MINERAL IS REPORTED TO BE CHALCOPYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.