St. Joe River Placer

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120839
MAS/MILS ID 0160790589
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joe River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.19709, 47.05067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1454
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherlock Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 043 N 010 E 21 SESESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.19709, 47.05067

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 3-93, 1993, P. 37;;

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PLACER DEPOSITS ACUALLY COVER SEVERAL MILES OF THE ST. JOE RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-APR-1993 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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