Doran Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089188
MRDS ID W014190
MAS/MILS ID 0160370351
Record type Site
Current site name Doran Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93154, 44.27768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 4.5 MI. N OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 013E 15 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93154, 44.27768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Stanley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A Test Shaft 15 - 20 Ft To Bedrock Was Sunk In 1890.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, P. 11

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Mines And Geology Pamphlet 12

  • Production

    Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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