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Napoleon Gulch Placer

Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013485
MRDS ID D009799
Record type Site
Current site name Napoleon Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95372, 45.35629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position 12.5 MI. N 12 W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 021E 02,03 NW OF NW (02); E2 (03) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE MOUTH OF NAPOLEON GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER DEPOSIT IS DOWNSTREAM FROM BOBCAT GULCH COPPER-MOLY PROSPECT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D. W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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