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Lake Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, REE, Zirconium
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089221
MRDS ID W014869
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52014, 45.30018 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 20 MI NW OF COBALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Tom Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 017E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT BISECTED BY CANYON OF LAKE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD VALUES BASED ON $100/TOZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pre Belt-Schist And Gneiss;Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Pre Belt-Schist And Gneiss;Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52014, 45.30018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, Herman

Comments on the production information

  • SOME EVIDENCE OF PAST MINING ACTIVITIES

Comments on development

  • WORK CONSISTED OF RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING & GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING ; ECON.COM: SOME RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLES SHOWED GOLD OF $0.05 - $0.46/CY, BUT THESE WERE ONLY SURFACE SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., PINCKNEY, D. M., AND STOTELMEYER, R. B., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CLEAR CREEK-UPPER BIG DEER CREEK AREA, CONTIGUOUS TO THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1391-C, P 31 - 3

  • Deposit

    1972 OTHER F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1391-C

  • Deposit

    1972 OTHER USBM, USGS BULL. 1391-C

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., PINKNEY, D. M., AND STOTELMEYER, R. B., 1975, USGS BULL. 1391-C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLUME OF MATERIAL OF WHOLE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 3,500,000 CY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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