Whimpey Creek Placer

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10089153
MRDS ID	W013307
Record type	Site
Current site name	Whimpey Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.69091, 45.11269 (WGS84)
Elevation	1372
Location accuracy	5000(meters)
Relative position	ABOUT 9 MI SE OF SALMON, Within 2 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	021N;020N	023E;023E	34;03		Idaho

Comments on the location information

1.5 MI NE OF BAKER, ON BENCH 75 FT ABOVE CREEK LEVEL

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Alluvial deposits.	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Pratt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on development

ECON.COM: LOW GRADE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013307
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	DI_197	http://www.idahogeology.org/

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NO APPRECIABLE PLACERING HAS BEEN DONE DUE TO THE LOW GRADE, BUT THERE MAY BE RICHER GRAVEL BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME SOURCE AREA AS BOHANNON CR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-76	Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-APR-80	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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