Stanley Creek Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143901
MAS/MILS ID 0160370127
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.95594, 44.26098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011 N 013 E 29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.95594, 44.26098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANNOY AND OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.467, PLATE 3,

  • Deposit

    NO.5-6

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES AND PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY #2 IS MONAZITE. PLACER DEPOSIT EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 5 MILES IN SEC.16, 19-21, AND 28-30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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