Gibbonsville Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144797
MRDS ID W017983
MAS/MILS ID 0160590121
Record type Site
Current site name Gibbonsville Placer
Alternate or previous names Gibbonsville, Anderson Mtn.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.90982, 45.56069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(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 026 N 021 E 25 W2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.90982, 45.56069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gibbonsville Mining And Exploration Co.
    Home office Idaho

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7082, 1939, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    IDA BUR MNS PAMP 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-AUG-1993 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.