Thunder Mtn. District

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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 60000253
MRDS ID D001501
Record type District
Current site name Thunder Mtn. District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.16765, 44.91658 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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)

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 Valley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.16765, 44.91658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name THUNDER MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., AND ROSS, C.P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MTN., IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 44, P. 10-39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-74 Beougher, Dee U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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