Aparejo Point Placer

Occurrence in Lemhi 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070920
MRDS ID W014060
MAS/MILS ID 0160590579
Record type Site
Current site name Aparejo Point Placer
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72174, 44.93408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 5 MI SW OF LITTLE SOLDIER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aparejo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018N 014E 03 SESENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result VALUES RANGE TRACE TO $1.71/CY AND AVERAGE $0.41 AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Bouldery Sand
    Rock description Alluvium-Bouldery Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72174, 44.93408

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 2.4 Lb Black Sands/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon Cater, F. W., And Others, Bulletin 130

  • Deposit

    Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho, USGS Bulletin 1304; 1973, P. 260-262 & 279-284.

  • Deposit

    Wfoc Mineral Property File 016 059 0564.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Acres, 48000 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 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.