Yellowjacket Placers

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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 10169171
MAS/MILS ID 0160590850
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowjacket Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.50094, 45.08318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
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

Hoodoo Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 017 E 17 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.50094, 45.08318

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNOLDS, J. R., 1954, YELLOWJACKET PLACER AREA:

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES, FOR THE

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    HORN, M. C., AND OTHERS, 1985, APPRAISAL OF PLACER DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN PART OF THE FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS, IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND OCCURRENCES

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS, CUSTER, IDAHO, LEMHI, AND VALLEY COUNTIES,

  • Deposit

    IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-85,

  • Deposit

    P. 182-184.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY COMPRISES ALL PLACER DEPOSITS SAMPLED FOR RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-1990 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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