Alder Creek District

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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 60000064
MRDS ID D001429
Record type District
Current site name Alder Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66759, 43.8332 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66759, 43.8332

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name ALDER CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM, ALDER CREEK, LITTLE SMOKY, AND WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICTS, CUSTER AND CAMAS COUNTIES, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 33, P. 7-9, 13

  • Deposit

    NELSON, AND ROSS, C.P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A

Beyond USGS

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