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West Fork of Yankee Fork

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10168654
MAS/MILS ID 0160370713
Record type Site
Current site name West Fork of Yankee Fork

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.80703, 44.39458 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
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

Mount Jordan(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

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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012 N 014 E 07 N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.80703, 44.39458
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 1962, P. 120.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3,

  • Deposit

    NO. 353, P. 185.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNWORKED PLACER GROUND ALONG AT LEAST 5 MILES OF VALLEY BTM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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