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Buckley Bar Placer

Past Producer in Custer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070985
MRDS ID W014151
MAS/MILS ID 0160370360
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.94424, 44.28488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 4 1/4 MI N OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(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 011N 013E 16 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.94424, 44.28488
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $250,000 AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.505HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P, P. 114

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

  • Production

    CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: CIVIL WAR ERA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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