Hundred Dollar Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071583
MRDS ID W015059
MAS/MILS ID 0160490812
Record type Site
Current site name Hundred Dollar Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Idaho Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47657, 45.55487 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position .5 MI SW OF DIXIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 008E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Mining Began 2300 Ft Above Mouth Of Gulch And Extended 3000 Ft Upstream

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL AVE $0.63/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Soil, Muck, Peat, Boulders, Arkosic Sand
    Rock description Alluvium-Soil, Muck, Peat, Boulders, Arkosic Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47657, 45.55487

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

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 Dixie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Placers Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller And Powelson
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • Work Intermittent

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • Pit 4 Ft Deep

Comments on development

  • Dragline Scraper, Screening And Washing Unit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P.

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 4,, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7023

  • Deposit

    1939 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-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.