Mule Train Claims

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10290950
MRDS ID	W013994
MAS/MILS ID	0160850307
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mule Train Claims
Alternate or previous names	Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records	10070873

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Trench
Geographic coordinates:	-115.27816, 44.87318 (WGS84)
Elevation	2512
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Chief Creek(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	30	SWSENE	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Gold	Primary
Lead	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Tungsten Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1)	Granodiorite and two-mica granite.	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Boise National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160850307
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013994	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_818	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1304, 1973, P. 357-358.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.685 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON, 0.7 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, TRACE OF COPPER, LEAD AND TUNGSTEN.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	14-MAR-95	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.