Iowa Creek Placer

Past Producer in Bonneville 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168323
MAS/MILS ID 0160190083
Record type Site
Current site name Iowa Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Gold Placer, Caribou City-Stump Creek Area Mla

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.2725, 43.10432 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 S 044 E 02 NENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON IOWA CREEK IN SECTIONS 25, 35, 26 AND T. 4 S., R. 44 E., SEC. 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.2725, 43.10432

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 5, 1961, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R.L., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.E., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION OF THE CARIBOU CITY-STUMP CREEK AREA,

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE AND CARIBOU COUNTIES, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 15-93, P. 35-38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-1994 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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