The Junction Placer is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.0203, -114.31470
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Junction Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Junction Placer
Secondary: Forney Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL HUNDRED CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL WASHED - SOME CASSITERITE AND AU REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): Jct. of Panther Creek, Musgrove Creek, and Moyer Creek
Comment (Development): Bedrock flume 200 yards long, 1 ditch, 1 floodgate ; Econ.Com: Gravel yielded $0.20 Au/cy, 1 Lb Sn/Cy over a small acreage
Comment (Deposit): 20 acres
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., 1919, Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin 2, Vol. 14, 72 P.
Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S.H., And Metzger, O.H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P.
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