Bighorn Canyon Prospect

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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 10289829
MAS/MILS ID 0160230054
Record type Site
Current site name Bighorn Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -113.01697, 44.1893 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 029 E 16 SWSWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Alluvial-fan deposits.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    C, NO. 21, P. 139.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JUN-1992 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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