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Elkhorn Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094906
MRDS ID FS00431
MAS/MILS ID 0160370188
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61903, 44.25129 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 016E 30 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1967 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61903, 44.25129
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 397, P. 201.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Forest Service Withdrawal For the Five Point Campground Has No Effect On Validity of This Claim

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. 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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