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Edwards Placer

Occurrence 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022998
MRDS ID FS00617
MAS/MILS ID 0160590732
Record type Site
Current site name Edwards Placer
Alternate or previous names Rocky Mountain Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0564, 45.3394 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 8.5 MI NE LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Napoleon Hill(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 023N 020E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Moose Creek from lower end of Mullan Placers

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1957 PLUMB
Result SHAFT DRIVEN TO BEDROCK AVG. $0.30/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0564, 45.3394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward, W. J.
    Interest 100

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 482.79M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, 1982, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series, V. E. Mitchell, Et Al

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Location may be in conflict with Prince Claim located by Howard Sims in 1940

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-DEC-92 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-93 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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