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Lower's Placer

Occurrence in Valley 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093524
MRDS ID W014023
Record type Site
Current site name Lower's Placer
Related records 10168789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14375, 44.71598 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 18.5 MI SE OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 011E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON E. SIDE MIDDLE FORK SALMON RIVER 3000 FT. S. OF MOUTH OF PISTOL CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.14375, 44.71598
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLUVIUM COMPOSED OF QUARTZ MONZONITE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pistol Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 ON N END OF PLACER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

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

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