Clearwater River N. Fk At Fix Creek Placer

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10070253
MRDS ID W013039
Record type Site
Current site name Clearwater River N. Fk At Fix Creek Placer
Related records 10240742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.19989, 46.81517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 3 MI. SW OF HORNET POINT AND 20 MI NE OF SHEEP MTN. WORK CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 010E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS ABOUT 7 MI. UPSTREAM FROM THIS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 11265.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TEST HOLES SHOW "GOOD VALUES"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P

  • Deposit

    1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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