Loon Creek District

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000240
MRDS ID D001485
Record type District
Current site name Loon Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91764, 44.66658 (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

Sliderock Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.91764, 44.66658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name LOON CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTRO QUAD., IDAHO: USGS BULL. 854

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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