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Camas Creek

Occurrence in Lemhi 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 10266267
MRDS ID W014099
MAS/MILS ID 0160590581
Record type Site
Current site name Camas Creek
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area., Camas Creek Point Placer
Related records 10093542

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.72594, 44.88958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
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

Aparejo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(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

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 018 N 014 E 23 NWNWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO ON WEST SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK SALMON RIVER IN VALLEY CO. COMBINED PLACER AREA COVERS 10 HECTARES AND GOLD VALUES RANGE FROM TRACE TO 1.8 CENTS/CUBIC METER BASED ON $1.54 PER GRAM IN 1973. ALSO IN SEC 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.72594, 44.88958
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-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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