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Forest Service Administrative Land Placer

Occurrence in Idaho 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089233
MRDS ID W014928
MAS/MILS ID 0160490760
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Service Administrative Land Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38908, 45.78297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MI SW OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 028N 009E 07 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 > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Behrens, Don
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1958, Forest Service Administrative Land: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 33 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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