Heatherington Placer

Occurrence in Lemhi 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 10193081
MRDS ID W014030
MAS/MILS ID 0160590340
Record type Site
Current site name Heatherington Placer
Alternate or previous names Heatherington's Hunter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.7281, 44.8936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aparejo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 014 E 15 SESWSE Idaho
Boise 018 N 15E 17 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.7281, 44.8936

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Placer covers 6.5 hectares and gold values range from trace to 21.5 cents/cubic meter based on $1.54/gram in 1973.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 28-JAN-1981 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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