The Hughes Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5111, -114.00750
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Hughes Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hughes Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: R. E. Allan, L. L. Hagel
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Year First Production: 1890
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
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
Analytical Data: ONE HOLE DRILLED NEAR HUGHES CR. MOUTH INDICATED $0.27/YD AU OVER DEPTH OF 14 FT TO BEDROCK. 936 FINE GOLD NEAR MOUTH OF ALLAN CR. BY L. L. HAGEL IN 1938.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Extreme lower end of valley is patented agricultural land.
Comment (Workings): Two pits worked between 1885 - 1912 by R. E. Allan.
Comment (Location): Production from pits near mouth of Allan Creek.
References
Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 31 - 32
Reference (Deposit): Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pamphlet 130
Reference (Production): Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 716.
Idaho Gold
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