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Dixie Gulch Placer

Past Producer 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105757
MRDS ID W015157
MAS/MILS ID 0160490811
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46237, 45.58427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 3 MI NNW OF DIXIE, 8 MI SSE OF OROGRANDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(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 026N 008E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Mined From Head To Mouth

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
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46237, 45.58427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Placer Is A Residual Placer

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 Dixie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48, 35 P

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Placer Discovery In Dixie District

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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