Eldorado Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho 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. 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 10070256
MRDS ID W013043
MAS/MILS ID 0160490849
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65819, 46.29017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 6 MI SE OF MUSSELSHELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselshell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 034N 006E 11,12,13,14 SWNWNW (13) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65819, 46.29017

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Musselshell Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Staley, W. W., 1940, Mining Activity In The North Fork Of The Clearwater River Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 54, 6 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hamilton Quad, Location No. 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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