Big Creek District

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000026
MRDS ID D001122
Record type District
Current site name Big Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40096, 45.13318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40096, 45.13318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name BIG CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1956, IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., PAM. 108.

Beyond USGS

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