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Wallace Creek Placer

Past Producer 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. 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 10089161
MRDS ID W013350
MAS/MILS ID 0160590158
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Gilt Edge Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95786, 45.26489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 6.3 MI N27W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 022N 021E 03, 10 Idaho
Boise 022N 022E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Vicinity Of Delmar Mine, And Near Salmon River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 75 YD YIELDED 4 OZ AU (1938) TESTS SHOWED 25 CTS/YD

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) -113.95786, 45.26489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralston Adams

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1938 Direxpl Golden Dawn Min. Co.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposits Are Near Delmar Mine And At Confluence With Salmon River. In Between Is High Gradient Stretch (500 Ft/Mi)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-DEC-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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