Dovel Placer

Occurrence in Valley 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144840
MRDS ID W015342
MAS/MILS ID 0160850129
Record type Site
Current site name Dovel Placer
Alternate or previous names Monumental Creek Placers, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10071788

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.11655, 45.06428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1591
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 020 N 011 E 16 SWSWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.11655, 45.06428

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 016 085 0129.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO,

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1304; 1973, P. 103-107 & 312-313.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY LOCATION EXTENDS THROUGH T18N THRU T21N AND R10E TO R11E ALONG MONUMENTAL CREEK. SEVENTY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM 30 SITES AND GOLD VALUES RANGED FROM A TRACE TO 8.89 CENTS PER CUBIC MT. AND AVERAGED LESS THAN 0.9 CENTS PER CUBIC MT. BASED ON 1973 PRICES OF $1.54 PER GRAM. DOVEL PLACER COVERS APPROX. 0.8 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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