Monumental Creek Placers

Prospect in Valley 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241731
MAS/MILS ID 0160850369
Record type Site
Current site name Monumental Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.19155, 44.93958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019 N 010 E 35 NWNESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.19155, 44.93958

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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO;USGS BULLETIN 1304,

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 69, 103-107.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION PLOTTED CONTAINS 30 PLACERS IN THE MONUMENTAL CREEK AREA. ONE DUMP GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0 GOLD AND SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.