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Vine Creek Placer

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013880
MRDS ID D010421
Record type Site
Current site name Vine Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97176, 45.61378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4.7 MI N30W OF GIBBONSVILLE, Within 1 Mi Along Streambed

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 027N 021E 33 Idaho
Boise 026N 021E 03,04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Exact Location Of Workings Unspecified ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97176, 45.61378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1206.98M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harry Mitchell And Max Bauer

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • Old Placer Workings Near Mouth And About 1.5 Mi Upstream. 50 Ft Bedrock Cut Dug In

Comments on development

  • Work Done In Late 1800'S And In 1938.
  • Evidence Of Old Hand Workings That Reportedly Yielded Good Returns. In Summer Of 1938 Work Was Begun Again To Determine Value Of The Deposits.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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