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Adams County at a glance
- State
- Idaho
- County seat
- Council
- Population
- 4,379
- Area
- 1,370 sq mi
- Founded
- 1911
- Cities and towns
- 4
Adams County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Adams County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order across Adams County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Adams County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Adams County includes the Council Police Department, which serves the city of Council. These agencies have distinct jurisdictions, with the Sheriff's Office covering unincorporated areas and the Council Police Department focusing on city limits.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement services in Adams County, Idaho, are primarily provided by Adams County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 205 Industrial Avenue in Council, Idaho 83612. As a small rural county, Adams County does not maintain a full online inmate roster, but current custody information is available by phone inquiry. The City of Council may have municipal code enforcement but does not maintain a separate police department; law enforcement is handled by the Sheriff's Office. Under Idaho's public records law, specifically Idaho Code § 74-101 et seq. Due to Adams County's remote location and small population, law enforcement resources are limited, and the Sheriff's Office often coordinates with the Idaho State Police for major investigations and specialized services.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Adams County are maintained by Adams County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request access to arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following the guidelines set forth by the Idaho Public Records Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and legal representatives to find information about detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Adams County are taken and retained by Adams County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the arrest record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office. Mugshots can be searched through the Sheriff's Office website or by making a formal request for records.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Adams County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Adams County
- Old mine sites
- 163
- Sites with no status in the records
- 3
- Still producing
- 5
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 75
- Main minerals
- Copper; Gold; construction sand and gravel
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 190
- Shafts and tunnels
- 48
- What they are
- prospect pit, adit, gravel pit, mine shaft
- Maps surveyed
- 1963 to 2004
- Records behind them
- 369 records for 361 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 171 named mine sites inside the county, 163 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 190 holes drawn inside the county, 48 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Copper; Gold; construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Idaho mine map and abandoned mine records
- Idaho Department of Lands, Abandoned Mine LandsThe program under the 1994 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act, funded by half the mine license tax; location questions go to the nearest IDL supervisory area.
- Idaho Geological Survey, Mines and Prospects DatabaseThe survey's searchable database of mines and prospects with mine histories, inactive mines and mineral property files; map at https://www.idahogeology.org/webmap/?show=mines.
Named workings recorded in Adams County (199 shown, 153 unnamed on the map)
- Bluejacket MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Cuprum map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | He Devil map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | Butterfield Gulch map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Cuprum map, 1990
- MineAdit | He Devil map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | Butterfield Gulch map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Homestead map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- MineAdit | Cuprum map, 1990
- MineAdit | White Monument map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | He Devil map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- TunnelAdit | Purgatory Saddle map, 1990
- MoonshineAggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | Surface
- SwitchbackAggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | Surface
- West BranchAggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | Surface
- Yantis DitchAggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | Surface
- Vick Creek AsbestosAsbestos | Occurrence
- Inspiration Barite DepositBarium-Barite | Prospect
- Rose Marie ProspectChromium | Prospect
- US Concrete Pipe Pit & Mill No 9Clay | Past Producer | Surface
- 1905 MineCopper | Past Producer
- A. J. Cole PropertyCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Allison Creek OccurrenceCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Ants Creek ProspectCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Arkansas MineCopper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- AxeCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Azurite MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Badger MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Blue Jacket MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Cable Line Occurrence ProspectCopper | Prospect
- California ProspectCopper | Prospect
- Calumet ProspectCopper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- ChipmanCopper | Occurrence
- Copper Belt MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Copper Cliff MineCopper | Past Producer | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Douglass ProspectCopper | Prospect
- Dry Gulch ProspectCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Eckels Creek Stock OccurrenceCopper | Occurrence | Surface
- Eureka GroupCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Frenchy's MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Glasgow-Green ProspectCopper | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Golden Star ClaimCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Goodrich Creek Canyon ProspectCopper | Occurrence | Underground | 2 records for this one site
- Granite Queen PropertyCopper | Occurrence | Underground
- Hathaway Gulch OccurrenceCopper | Unknown
- Hibble Gulch ProspectCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Horse Mountain OccurrenceCopper | Occurrence | Surface
- Inca MineCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Jackley RidgeCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Legal TenderCopper | Occurrence
- Lime Peak ProspectCopper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Lockwood MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Lower Devil's Hollow ProspectCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Lucky Star MineCopper | Unknown | Underground
- Lucky Strike MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Lucky Strike ProspectCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Lynes OccurrenceCopper | Occurrence
- Lynes SaddleCopper | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Mann Creek OccurrenceCopper | Occurrence
- O'Leary's ProspectCopper | Prospect
- Olympic & AllenCopper | Occurrence | Underground
- Panama Pacific Claims ProspectCopper | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Peacock MineCopper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Peck Mtn. Copper DepositCopper | Prospect | Underground
- PepperboxCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Pine Hill ProspectCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Queen MineCopper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- ReboundCopper | Occurrence
- Red Wing ProspectCopper | Prospect
- River Queen MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Russell MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Stevens Saddle ProspectCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Terry GroupCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Thomas Heady ProspectCopper | Prospect | Underground
- Trail CreekCopper | Prospect | Surface
- Transfer Point OccurrenceCopper | Occurrence | Surface
- Tussel MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- White Monument MineCopper | Past Producer | Underground
- Wilford ProspectCopper | Prospect
- Indian ValleyDiatomite | Occurrence
- Stites ProspectFeldspar | Prospect | Surface
- Geothermal SpringGeothermal | Occurrence | Surface
- Krigbaum Hot SpringsGeothermal | Occurrence | Surface
- Starkey Hot SpringsGeothermal | Occurrence
- White Licks Hot SpringsGeothermal | Occurrence
- Zims Resort Hot SpringsGeothermal | Occurrence
- Anderson GroupGold | Occurrence
- Bald Eagle MineGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Black Lake MineGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Black Leopard Discovery MineGold | Occurrence | Underground | 2 records for this one site
- Carrick Diggings Placer MineGold | Past Producer | Surface
- Chieftain ClaimGold | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Cliff ProspectGold | Prospect | Surface and underground
- CrackerjackGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Crane CreekGold | Occurrence
- CrescentGold | Occurrence | Underground
- Curren Mountain ProspectGold | Prospect | Underground
- Devil's Hollow ProspectGold | Prospect | Surface and underground
- East Allison GulchGold | Prospect | Underground
- Emily GroupGold | Prospect | Underground
- Greeley MountainGold | Occurrence | Surface
- H.B. Smith PropertyGold | Prospect | Surface, placer workings
- Holbrook Saddle ProspectGold | Prospect | Surface
- Iron SpringsGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Maid of Erin MineGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Mayflower GroupGold | Prospect | Underground
- Monument Peak ProspectGold | Prospect | Surface and underground
- North Hornet MineGold | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- North Star ButteGold | Prospect | Surface
- Pactolian Gulch ProspectGold | Prospect | Underground
- PaducahGold | Prospect | Surface
- Paradise CabinGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Placer Basin MineGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Ritchie Gulch AditGold | Prospect | Underground
- Rock Flat PlacerGold | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Satan Lake ProspectGold | Prospect | Underground
- Silver ShootGold | Prospect | Underground
- SummitGold | Occurrence
- Twin Lakes ProspectGold | Occurrence | Underground
- Virginus ClaimGold | Prospect | Surface
- White RoseGold | Occurrence | Underground
- Helena MineGold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- McGrath ProspectIron | Occurrence | Surface
- Red IronIron | Occurrence
- Galena MineLead | Occurrence | Underground
- Seven Devils DistrictLead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | a whole mining district, not one working | 2 records for this one site
- Black Jack Nos. 1 & 2.Manganese | Occurrence | Surface and underground
- Burnt Rock ProspectManganese | Past Producer | Surface
- Manganese Mts.Manganese | Unknown | Surface
- New Meadows Manganese DepositManganese | Occurrence
- Clark Mica ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface
- Mica Queen MineMica, Feldspar | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Van Wych LookoutMolybdenum | Occurrence
- BrundagePGE | Occurrence | Surface
- CampbellSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Bear CreekSilver | Prospect | Surface, placer workings
- Corrieg & TellurideSilver | Occurrence
- HolbrookSilver | Prospect | Underground
- JackleySilver | Occurrence
- KearnsSilver | Occurrence
- OregonSilver | Occurrence
- Pactolian Mining Co.Silver | Occurrence
- Victory 1 & 2Silver | Prospect | Underground
- Red Ledge MineSilver, Copper | Producer | Surface and underground | 2 records for this one site
- South Peacock MineSilver, Copper | Past Producer | Underground | 3 records for this one site
- Lost Lake MineStone | Producer | Surface
- New Meadows State PitStone | Producer | Surface
- QuarryStone | Past Producer | Surface
- QuarryStone | Past Producer | Surface
- Bear CreekStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface
- Victory TungstenTungsten | Prospect | Underground
- Alaska MineTungsten, Copper | Past Producer | Underground | 2 records for this one site
- McCarty ProspectZinc | Past Producer | Underground
- Thorn Creek PlacersZirconium, REE | Prospect | Surface, placer workings
- Anchor CreekProspect | Surface
- Clark ProspectProspect
- Copper OccurrenceOccurrence
- Diatomite OccurrenceOccurrence
- Great EasternOccurrence
- Hornet Creek ProspectOccurrence | Surface and underground
- Humboldt ProspectProspect | Surface and underground
- Lime Peak GroupOccurrence
- Patton ProspectOccurrence
- Tussel AditOccurrence
- Windy Ridge OccurrenceOccurrence
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Adams County, Idaho?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Adams County Sheriff or a city police department in Adams County. Ask that agency for its record.
How do I get a criminal background check in Adams County, Idaho?
The Idaho criminal history record comes from the Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification. Mail the Name Based Background Check Form with the fee to Idaho State Police BCI, 700 S. Stratford Dr. Ste. 120, Meridian, ID 83642, or send a fingerprint card with the Fingerprint Based Background Check Form. Fee: $20 processing fee for a name based check; $25 for a fingerprint based check.
How can I look up sex offenders in Adams County, Idaho?
Search the Idaho Sex Offender Registry (Idaho State Police), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Adams County, Idaho?
Register with the county clerk or through the Idaho Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online registration closes 11 days before an election; you may also register when you vote in person at early voting or on Election Day.
How do I look up property records in Adams County, Idaho?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Adams County are kept by the Adams County recorder. Property values are set by the county assessor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Adams County, Idaho?
Certified birth and death certificates for Idaho come from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Online through VitalChek, the Bureau's official online partner, or by mail to Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, PO Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0036; the Bureau has no public counter. Fee: $16 for each certified copy.
How do I find business license records in Adams County, Idaho?
Business entity filings are searched with the Idaho Secretary of State (SOSbiz). Idaho does not have a state business license; business licenses are issued by local city clerk's offices, and many cities do not require them.
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