Gold Placers

Past Producer in Bonneville 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265854
MAS/MILS ID 0160190081
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Placers
Alternate or previous names Janet Group, Mccoy-Iowa Creeks Placer, Sage Group, Key Group, Hardluck Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.33271, 43.14322 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Elk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003 S 044 E 13 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.33271, 43.14322

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 5, 1961, P. 80-81.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 22 CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ALONG MCCOY CREEK UPSTREAM FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH IOWA CREEK (SEE SAVAGE, FIG. 3). NOTE: THE HARDLUCK GROUP IS NOW UNDER WATER OF PALISADES RESERVOIR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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