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North Fork Salmon River

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070406
MRDS ID W013329
MAS/MILS ID 0160590629
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Salmon River
Alternate or previous names Placer at Pierce Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.96343, 45.6238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5.0 MI N22W 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 027N 021E 34 S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 Mi. Above Confluence Of N. Fk. Of Salmon River And Pierce Creek, On N. Fk. Salmon R. ; 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Owner
    Owner Bart Achord

Comments on development

  • Indications Of Old Placer Operations. Ground Patented As Agricultural And Owned By Bart Achord

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, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-APR-94 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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