Pratt 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. 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 10070431
MRDS ID W013367
MAS/MILS ID 0160590190
Record type Site
Current site name Pratt Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69371, 45.07739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 11.9 MI S56E OF SALMON, Within 1 Mi Along Cr., Within 1 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

Baker(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 020N 023E 11 S2NE Idaho

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) -113.69371, 45.07739

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 Pratt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Baker Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    Lorain S.H. And Metzger O.H. 1939; USBM Ic 7082, P.22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-80 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-96 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.