1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Geerston Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105625
MRDS ID W013303
MAS/MILS ID 0160590183
Record type Site
Current site name Geerston Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72951, 45.18209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 8.0 MI DUE E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(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 023E 03, 04 NE (04); Idaho
Boise 022N 023E 34 W2 (34) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 mi of hydraulic workings near upper end of creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 170 TEST HOLES AVERAGED 22 FT DEEP AND 10 CENTS/CY AT $20/OZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.72951, 45.18209
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10058.13M
    Width 457.2M

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 Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lemhi Irrigation Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 804.65M

Comments on development

  • 170 test holes drilled 1915-17. Conflicts with agriculture prevented development

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

    Bell, Robert N., 1914, Fifteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1913, P. 166.

  • Deposit

    E And M J, V103, N2, P. 97

  • Deposit

    1914 Compile Idaho Mine Inspector'S Annual Report For 1913

  • Deposit

    1939 Recon U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 7082

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Us Bur Mines Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-DEC-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site