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Yellowjacket Placer Group

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070807
MRDS ID W013904
MAS/MILS ID 0160590540
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowjacket Placer Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60874, 44.88628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 6.8 MI NW FROM MYERS COVE RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018N 016E 17, 20 S2 (17) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED MAXIMUM OF 68 CENTS AU/C.Y., AVERAGED 1.3 CENTS AU/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sandy Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Sandy Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60874, 44.88628
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer J. Mc Donnell

Mining district

District name Camas Creek Addition

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • J. Mcdonnell In 1892 Claimed Four Alluvial Deposits In The Addition And Several Along Camas Creek East Of The Addition. Five Streambank Samples Of Alluvium Contained A Maximum Of 89 Cents Per Cu. Meter And Avg 1.7 Cents.; Econ.Com: 4.6 To 10.2 Lb. Black Sand Concentrates/C.Y.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Volume Of Alluvium In Terraces Ranges 2200 To 9250 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 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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