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Kirtley Creek Benches

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. 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 10070403
MRDS ID W013320
MAS/MILS ID 0160590655
Record type Site
Current site name Kirtley Creek Benches

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7647, 45.2181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 7.0 MI N70E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 023E 20 SWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. of Kirtley Creek ; 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7647, 45.2181
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kirtley Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Hydraulic mining stopped because of conflict with agricultural interests. Test yielded about 50 cents/yd (1938).

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

    Bell, R. N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    1913 Compile Idaho Mine Inspector's Annual Report, 1912

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, P 52

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Dillon Quad, IBMG, Mines And Prospect Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al

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

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

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