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Buckhorn Placer

Prospect in Valley 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169061
MRDS ID W014025
MAS/MILS ID 0160850378
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Placer
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070896

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.15565, 44.72348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016 N 011 E 17 SENWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GOLD CONTENT ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 0.9 TO 3.5 CENTS PER CUBIC METER. GOLD VALUES BASED ON A PRICE OF $1.54 PER GRAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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.

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