Moose Creek Placer

The Moose Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,650 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moose Creek Placer
Secondary: Mullan Placer
Secondary: McNutt

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mackinaw 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

Owner Name: John Mullan

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1870
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

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): Over $1,000,000 Production By David Mcnutt (Item 8); Item 9 Prod By Pacific Dredging Co.

Comment (Location): Between Mouths Of Dailey Cr And Diamond Gul

Comment (Development): 2000 Yard Capacity Dredge ; Econ.Com: Tailings Supposed To Contain Commercial Values

Comment (Deposit): About 200 Acres; Gold Occurs Largely In Lower 12 Inches Of Gravels And Upper 18 Inches Of Bedrock

Comment (Deposit): Power Obtained From Coal Mined Below Auriferous Gravel.

References

Reference (Deposit): Bergendahl, M. H., 1964, Mineral Resources - Gold, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 93 - 101.

Reference (Deposit): Hornbein, J., 1917, Idaho Placer Operations: Eng. Mining Jour., V. 103, No. 2, P. 95 - 96.

Reference (Production): Hornbein, J., 1917, Eng. Mining Jour., V. 103, No. 2. Lorain, S.H., And Metzger, O.H., 1939, USBM Inf. Circ. 7082

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology and ore deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho; USGS Bulletin 528, 182 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.

Reference (Deposit): Sturm, F.H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 63 P.

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