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Shell Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, REE, Zirconium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071463
MRDS ID W014867
MAS/MILS ID 0160590051
Record type Site
Current site name Shell Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54234, 45.30128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 22 MI WNW OF LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Tom Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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)

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 023N 016E 25 SWNENW Idaho

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gravel Contains Black Sands

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Pre Belt-Schist And Gneiss;Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Pre Belt-Schist And Gneiss;Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54234, 45.30128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 11.28M

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 Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Colson
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • Some Evidence Of Past Mining Activities

Comments on development

  • Work Consisted Of Reconnaissance Geologic Mapping And Geochemical Sampling ; Econ.Com: Samples From Test Pits Contained Gold Value Of $0.11/Cy; Reconnaissance Pan Samples Had Values Up To $1.42/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P 35 - 36

  • Production

    Cater, F. W., Pinkney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, USGS Bulletin 1391-C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Shell Creek Placer On Homestead Entry Survey 624. Area Of Gravel Approximately 4.5 Ha. Volume Of Gravel Is 455,000 M3. Volume Of Overburden Is 48,000 M3. Values In Reconnaissance Pan Samples Taken Near Old Placer Workings Were 0.5756/M3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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