Stanley Lake Creek Placer

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240858
MAS/MILS ID 0160371066
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Lake Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.02814, 44.25768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
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

Elk Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(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

Sawtooth 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 011 N 012 E 26 S2NENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.02814, 44.25768

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Valley Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-92, 1992, P. 50-66.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1992 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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