Lake Creek Placer

Unknown 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145016
MAS/MILS ID 0160590136
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.52014, 45.30018 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(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 017 E 19 SESWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.52014, 45.30018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, Herman
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

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 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-C 1975. PG 31-34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE CREEK PLACER ON HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY 426. VOLUME OF GRAVEL MATERIAL OF WHOLE DEPOSIT ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 2,700,000 M3. INSUFFICIENT DATA WERE OBTAINED TO ESTIMATE AMOUNTS OF GOLD PRESENT IN THE LAKE CREEK HIGH BENCH BECAUSE DEPTH TO BED- ROCK IS PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF 31 M AND DRILLING OR SHAFT SINKING WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR EVALUATION. MOST SAMPLES WERE SURFICAL AND REFLECT THE LEANER GRAVELS HIGHER IN THE SECTION. SOME RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLES SHOWED VALUES OF 0.020-0.186G/M3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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.