The Ham Fat Placer is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.2706, -114.94890
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Ham Fat Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ham Fat Placer
Secondary: Hamfat Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1863
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Dike Intrusion Of Acidic Rock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: CIVIL WAR
Comment (Location): Located In A Shallow Draw On the West Side of Stanley Creek, 0.75 Mi S of Doran Gulch Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
References
Reference (Production): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 114
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 12
Idaho Gold
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