Chinese Workings

Past Producer in Custer 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071121
MRDS ID W014345
MAS/MILS ID 0160370354
Record type Site
Current site name Chinese Workings
Alternate or previous names Chinese Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90063, 44.28878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5 1/4 MI NNE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 013E 14 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON KELLEY CREEK, BELOW SAWMILL CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90063, 44.28878

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

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 Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2011.63M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, R., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 122 P

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 362, P. 188.

  • Production

    CHOATE, R., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, P. 110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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