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Lemhi River Placers

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089156
MRDS ID W013321
MAS/MILS ID 0160590659
Record type Site
Current site name Lemhi River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82952, 45.15909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.7 MI S67E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Salmon(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 022E 11,10,13,14,24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along N. Bank Of River For About 5 Mi. Upstream From Loc. Pit. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 9 TO 12 CENTS/YD AT $35/OZ

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82952, 45.15909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 7.32M

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 Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Considerable Clay. Land Held As Patented Agricultural Land In All Of Lemhi R Bottom.

Reference information

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

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Dillon Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-85 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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