Joes Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071124
MRDS ID W014351
MAS/MILS ID 0160370371
Record type Site
Current site name Joes Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike, Hot Stuff, Hershey, Joe's Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90373, 44.24268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 2.5 MI NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley(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

Sawtooth 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 35 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAVELS YIELDED $3.60 OF 717 FINE GOLD/SQUARE YARD OF BEDROCK SURFACE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90373, 44.24268

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel And Bedrock Irregularities

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Recreation Area

Comments on the production information

  • Value $70,000 - $80,000 At $20/Oz.; Item 8 Total From Lucky Strike and Hot Stuff Placers.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 1463.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • Worked First By Drifting, Later By Hydraulicking. Lucky Strike and Hot Stuff Placers On Joes Gulch; 7 Acres.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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