Hundred Dollar Gulch Placer

The Hundred Dollar Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,650 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

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Site Name

Primary: Hundred Dollar Gulch Placer
Secondary: Idaho Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Dixie 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: Nez Perce National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Miller And Powelson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1938 -

Owner Name: Idaho Placers Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
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: Clearwater Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAVEL AVE $0.63/CY

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Pit 4 Ft Deep

Comment (Location): Mining Began 2300 Ft Above Mouth Of Gulch And Extended 3000 Ft Upstream

Comment (Production): Work Intermittent

Comment (Development): Dragline Scraper, Screening And Washing Unit

References

Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P.

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 4,, 35 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7023

Reference (Deposit): 1939 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

Reference (Production): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

Reference (Deposit): Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al.

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