Golden Eagle Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120134
MRDS ID W014871
MAS/MILS ID 0160590048
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle Placer
Related records 10089222

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.55404, 45.30098 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Tom Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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 023 N 016 E 23 SWNESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.55404, 45.30098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CLEAR CREEK - UPPER BIG DEER CREEK

  • Deposit

    STUDY AREA, CONTIGUOUS TO THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA, LEMHI

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, IDAHO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-C, 1975

  • Deposit

    PG 36-37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AREA OF THE HIGH BENCH AND ALLUVIAL FAN AREA IS 2.8 HA. PLACERING HAS BEEN DONE AT UPPER END OF DEPOSIT. GOLD VALUES OF SAMPLES FROM THE OLD WORKINGS RANGED FROM $0.11-$1.39/YD3, THE HIGHEST VALUE BEING ON BEDROCK. AVERAGE GOLD VALUE OF PLACER GRAVEL FROM THE DEPOSIT WAS $0.67/YD3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 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.