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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070426
MRDS ID W013360
Record type Site
Current site name Bohannon Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Bohannon Bar
Related records 10242166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.71171, 45.14819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 8 1/2 MI SE OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 023E 15,14,22,28 E2 (15); W2 (14); W2 (22); W2 (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BAR BETWEEN LEMHI RIVER AND BASE OF RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOWER 2 TERRACES MOST PRODUCTIVE. AU WITHIN 5 FT. OF BEDROCK.

Analytical data

Result GRAVELS AVERAGED 13 1/2 CENTS/YARD
Result SOME PITS SHOWED 23 TO 25 CENTS/YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Carmen
    Rock description Carmen

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 8046.5M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to bottom 12.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer B. F. Sharkey And M. Maier
Year of first production 1863

Mining district

District name Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bohannon Dredging Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gustave Pabst

Comments on the production information

  • 1913 AU PROD- $1700 ANNUALLY. TOTAL THRU 1913--$400,000. MENTIONED IN MIN RES US IN YEARS 1908-1917.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 930.81HA
    Overall length 4827.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 BENCHES.

Comments on development

  • CREEK BED WORKED BY CHINESE IN LATE 1800'S. ADJACENT BENCHES HYDRAULICKED 1895-1912, 1916-17. YUBA DREDGE PROCESSED 4-5000 CU YD/DAY WITH 6 CU FT BUCKETS FROM 1913-16. ; ECON.COM: GOLD FINENESS SAID TO BE 900. CONFLICT BETWEEN MINING AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS CONCERNING WATER RIGHTS AND STREAM POLLUTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 528.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1914, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1913, P. 166.

  • Deposit

    E AND M J, V103, N2, P.95-97

  • Deposit

    USBM BULL 127, P. 209

  • Deposit

    MIN RES OF US, 1908-17

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1913

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7082

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112, 71 P. {{ UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS 528, 81 P. LORAIN, S.H., AND METZGER, O.H., 1939, USBM INF. CIRC. 7082, 81 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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