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Mule Creek Placer

Occurrence in Custer 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 10070946
MRDS ID W014100
MAS/MILS ID 0160370608
Record type Site
Current site name Mule Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13205, 44.74158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3 MI NE OF LITTLE SOLDIER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 011E 09 SWNWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 4.1 CENTS AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13205, 44.74158
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Land status

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

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 1.0 Lb Black Sands/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 Acres, 465000 C.Y.
Deposit Placer Covers 3.2 Hectares With An Estimated Volume of 355,539 Cubic Meters of Placer Material. Gold Values Range From Trace To 5.4 Cents Per Cubic Meter Based On 1973 Prices of $1.54 Per Gram.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

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