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North Fork Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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 10070404
MRDS ID W013324
MAS/MILS ID 0160590440
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Placer
Alternate or previous names McGovern Placer, Sundown Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92782, 45.53989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1.0 MI S30W 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 35,36 E2; E2 (35); W2 (36) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On W. Side Of N. Fk. Salmon River Opposite Mouth Of Dahlonega Cr. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 950 FINE GOLD. TEN HOLES DRILLED 17 - 55 FT DEEP IN GRAVEL CONTAINING 17 - 40 CENTS/CY (AU AT $20/OZ).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92782, 45.53989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 402.33M

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 Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. And G. Mc Govern
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burrow, A. D.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.361HA

Comments on the workings information

  • Most Gold In Lower 6 Ft Of Gravel.

Comments on development

  • Hydraulic Pit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzer, O. H., 1939, Us Bur Mines Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-JAN-1981 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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