Buster Gulch 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192761
MRDS ID W015406
MAS/MILS ID 0160590715
Record type Site
Current site name Buster Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10089270

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.06403, 45.38709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
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

Ulysses 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 024 N 020 E 26 NWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.06403, 45.38709

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STURM, 1954, U. OF ID, M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    ELK CITY QUAD, IBMG MINE AND PROSPECT 1982 MAP SERIES,

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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.