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Phelan Creek Placer

Occurrence 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 10071567
MRDS ID W015026
MAS/MILS ID 0160590086
Record type Site
Current site name Phelan Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14423, 45.15159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 5.5 MI S OF LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jureano 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 020E 17,18 NW (18) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL YIELDED $0.22/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Clay;Gravel
    Rock description Clay;Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14423, 45.15159
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Clay Bedrock (False?)

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 Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grant Rood

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • Water From Pony Creek Through 1.5 Mile Long Ditch ; Econ.Com: Work Abandoned Because Gradient To The Creek Too Low To Provide Drainage

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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