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Hughes Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, 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. 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 10105765
MRDS ID W015422
MAS/MILS ID 0160590131
Record type Site
Current site name Hughes Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0075, 45.5111 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI ABOVE NORTH FORK. ABOUT 5.5 MI SW OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(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 025N 021E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Production from pits near mouth of Allan Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE HOLE DRILLED NEAR HUGHES CR. MOUTH INDICATED $0.27/YD AU OVER DEPTH OF 14 FT TO BEDROCK. 936 FINE GOLD NEAR MOUTH OF ALLAN CR. BY L. L. HAGEL IN 1938.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0075, 45.5111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 8046.5M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1885 - 1912

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Allan, L. L. Hagel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • Two pits worked between 1885 - 1912 by R. E. Allan.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Extreme lower end of valley is patented agricultural land.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 31 - 32

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pamphlet 130

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 716.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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