The Yankee Fork Placer is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.3422, -114.72390
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Yankee Fork Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yankee Fork Placer
Secondary: Snake River Mining Co. Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ABOUT $10,000,000 AU REMAINING
Comment (Location): WORKINGS OCCUPY THE VALLEY OF YANKEE FORK FOR 5.5 MI. DOWNSTREAM OF JORDAN CREEK.
Comment (Production): $ 1,120,000 AU PRODUCED DURING 8 OF YEARS ABOVE
Comment (Development): MUCH OF THE GOLD IS STILL IN THE RIVER; NOT ALL OF THE "PAY STREAK" WAS FOLLOWED; AND MUCH OF THE GOLD WAS NOT COLLECTED BY THE DREDGE.
Comment (Workings): A LARGE DREDGE OPERATED IN 8 OF THE 13 YEARS FROM 1940 - 1952
References
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
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 419, P. 205.
Idaho Gold
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