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Lost Meadows and Bitterroot Placer

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105591
MRDS ID W012910
MAS/MILS ID 0160490884
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Meadows and Bitterroot Placer
Alternate or previous names Hi Yu Creek Placer, Bitterroot Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04039, 45.48677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 8 1/4 MI. N.E. OF RIGGINS HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 003E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Hi Yu Creek Placered Extensively Upstream But Paul's Ground Near Mouth Of Stream Is Not.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $3 OF AU/DAY RECOVERED, 1935

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04039, 45.48677
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lewis, A. L. And Eyster, J. A.
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul, William A.

Comments on development

  • 8 Claims In Lost Meadows Group; 4 Claims In Bitterroot Group.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, John C., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Florence Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 46, 44 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 230

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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