Lava Creek District

Occurrence in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 60000032
MRDS ID D001141
Record type District
Current site name Lava Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65088, 43.5166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65088, 43.5166

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name LAVA CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.