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Chamelion Lode

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013551
MRDS ID D009912
Record type Site
Current site name Chamelion Lode
Alternate or previous names Bull of the Woods

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99673, 45.53349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.8 MI S66W OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 026N 021E 32 SE OF SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SLOPE BREAK BETWEEN DITCH CR. AND THE MOUNTAIN TO THE WEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Apple Creek
    Rock description Apple Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99673, 45.53349
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED MILLSITE, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 784 A &B CHILEAN MILL ON PROPERTY IN 1890; UMPLEBY REPORTED A LARGE STAMP MILLUNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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