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Anderson Creek Placer

Past 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070398
MRDS ID W013309
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92232, 45.55739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position FROM GIBBONSVILLE TO N FOR ABOUT 2 MI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(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 026N 021E 25 SWSWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gravel Was Rich Near Bedrock Only. Gravels Contain Many Large Boulders, Up To 1 Ft Dia.

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) -113.92232, 45.55739
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2816.28M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Attempts At Drift Mining Made From Bottom Of Old Hydraulic Pit.

Comments on development

  • 2 Pat Claims. Main Hydraulicing .25 Mi From Town.

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

    USGS Bull 528.

  • Deposit

    Mines And Minerals, V19, P. 277

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby; Bulletin 528

  • Deposit

    1939 Recon U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 7082

  • Deposit

    Dillon Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series, Mitchell Etc

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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