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Belle Placer

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105626
MRDS ID W013315
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Placer
Alternate or previous names Upper Dahlonega Cr.
Related records 10290394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84902, 45.55489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4 MI E OF GIBBONSVILLE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Hole Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 026N 022E 27,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .1 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF THOMPSON GULCH, FOR 3/4 MI UPSTREAM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $2 - $5/YD AT $35/OZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84902, 45.55489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1206.98M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chris Reyna

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTS THAT THIS SECTION OF D. CREEK PRODUCED ABOUT $75,000 (ALL AT $20.67) THIS SECTION OF THE CREEK WAS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED$75,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on development

  • 1 PAT CLAIM- REC. HOMESITE ; ECON.COM: WATER FLOW ADEQUATE ONLY DURING HIGH WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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