Gold 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192861
MAS/MILS ID 0160190166
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.2147, 43.16072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Peak(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 003 S 045 E 17 SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: PLACER DREDGE TAILINGS ARE IN SECS. 15, 16, 17, AND 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.2147, 43.16072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, 1961, IBMG CR-5.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 8-92, 1992, SAMPLE NOS.

  • Deposit

    201-212, 233, 235, AND 238: FIG. 5, P. 14; APPENDIX C,

  • Deposit

    P. 28, 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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