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Boulder Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071674
MRDS ID W015186
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Bowen Creek
Related records 10169190, 10290469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36844, 45.43178 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3 MI W OF SHOUP, 9.9 MI SW OF ULYSSES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoup(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 024N 018E 15,16,07,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN HEADWARD BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36844, 45.43178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 804.65M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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 Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. L. Hall

Comments on the production information

  • AU PRODUCED IN 1916 WAS 600-660 FINE. ITEMS 8 & 9 INCLUDE PRODUCTION FROM BOWEN CREEK.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORKINGS ON BOWEN CREEK

Comments on development

  • BOULDER CREEK PLACER INCLUDES BOWEN CREEK LOCATED AT UPPER END BOULDER CREEK ; ECON.COM: 15 FT BARREN OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPPS, S. R., AND ROBERTS, R. J., 1939, THE DIXIE PLACER DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 48, 35 P.

  • 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

    1939 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 48

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON USBM INF. CIRC. 7082

  • Production

    LORAIN, S. H., AND METZGER, D. H., 1939, USBM INF. CIRC. 7082

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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