Placer Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078349
MRDS ID W026638
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Gulch Placer
Related records 10120757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91183, 47.60817 (WGS84)
Elevation 817
Relative position 3 MI SW OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 004E 11 SW OF NE OF NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91183, 47.60817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GERRY, C. N., 1925 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 239

  • Deposit

    1925 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U. S., 192

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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