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Idaho Warren Placers

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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070408
MRDS ID W013334
MAS/MILS ID 0160590643
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Warren Placers
Alternate or previous names Hughes Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9953, 45.5014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1204
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5.6 MI S33E OF GIBBONSVILLE

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 025N 021E 16,17,21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Cinnabar Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9953, 45.5014
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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 Gibbonsville District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Patented claims- residential subdivision (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Stinson, Melvin C., 1950, Mineralogy Of The Heavy Minerals From Some Placers Of Central Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7082

  • Production

    USBM IC 7082

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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