Alder Creek & West Fork

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium, Zirconium
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305342
MAS/MILS ID 0160150140
Record type Site
Current site name Alder Creek & West Fork
Alternate or previous names Alder Creek and West Fork

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.96516, 44.01318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 008 N 004 E 22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Thorium Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.96516, 44.01318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-DEC-96 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.