Daylight and Darkness Group

Prospect 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266707
MAS/MILS ID 0160850502
Record type Site
Current site name Daylight and Darkness Group
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.06405, 44.87678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Safety Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 011 E 24 NWSWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.06405, 44.87678

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CAVED ADIT ABOUT 213 METERS LONG; ONE SAMPLE OBTAINED. ESTIMATED VOLUME OF ALLUVIUM MATERIAL OF 305840 CUBIC METERS RANGE OF GOLD VALUES FROM TRACE TO .13 CENTS PER CUBIC METER. GOLD VALUE BASED ON 154 CENTS PER GRAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JAN-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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