Texas District

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001706
MRDS ID W015872
Record type District
Current site name Texas District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32309, 44.4593 (WGS84)
Relative position PLOT IS AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF CENTER OF THE TEXAS DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32309, 44.4593

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FOLDING
Structure description FOLDING, MINOR FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name TEXAS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, 182 P.

Beyond USGS

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