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Arnett Creek Project

Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281335
MAS/MILS ID 0160590862
Record type Site
Current site name Arnett Creek Project
Alternate or previous names Arnett Hardrock, Arnett Placer, Haidee Mine, Little Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.19733, 45.22629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE BEARTRACK PROJECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jureano 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 022 N 019 E 23 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.19733, 45.22629
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Electrowin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Gold Resources Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Gold Resources
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Total resources 10600000mt ore
    Remarks Mining Engineer, May 1998; Mining Engineering, May 1992 as quoted from Keith Long's significant deposit list, March 2010.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 0.96 g/mt Gold Primary 1998

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE RESERVES ARE SURFACE MINEABLE AND APPEAR AMENABLE TO HEAP LEACHING. CORE MINEABLE 200,000 OZ AU. RESOURCE INVENTORY 386,000 OZ AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P192.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY COVERS APPROXIMATELY 3100 ACRES: 18 ACRES ARE LEASED PATENTED CLAIMS; THE REMAINING ARE UNPATENTED CLAIMS OF THE USFS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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