Pierce Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070383
MRDS ID W013285
MAS/MILS ID 0160590116
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Bingo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.94623, 45.63459 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI NNE OF GIBBONSVILLE, IDAHO, Within .5 Mi Along Cr., Within .5 Mi Along Cr.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost Trail Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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 027N 021E 26,34,35 SESW (34) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1 1/2 Mi Up From The Mouth ; 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.94623, 45.63459

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4827.9M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. S. Mathews

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Small Pits On Benches.

Comments on development

  • A Small Amount Of Hand Placering. Old Abandoned Sluicing Operations In The Area Also (On Bench Gravels)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-APR-94 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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