| Locality type: | Placer |
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| Species: | Gold |
| Formula: | Au |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gold data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sheep Creek Placer, North Fork Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 450904 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:450904:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8a81c31d-5a08-49e8-a453-6b362ae3c5dd |
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| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘLittle Sheep Creek Placer, Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘRed Star Prospect, Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘDahlonega Creek Placer (Lower Dahlonega Creek), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘBelle Placer (Upper Dahlonega Creek), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘHardway Prospect, Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘCow Creek Placer, Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘRuby Creek Placers, Beaverhead Mining District (Dark Horse Mining District), Beaverhead County, Montana, USA |
| 8.6km (5.4 miles) | ⓘHighland Placer (Trowbridge Bar), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘThree Mile Creek Placer, Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘMcGovern Placer (North Fork Placer), Gibbonsville Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Resource Appraisal of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho by Rick Johnson , Terry Close2, and Ed McHugh3...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Service, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Salmon, Idaho U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center...parts per billion percent short ton U.S. dollar gold silver copper lead zinc cobalt manganese iron uranium...Mining districts Gibbonsville Mining District Indian Creek Mining District Mineral Hill Mining District Mackinaw |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS By G. J. Orris and J. D. Bliss Open-File... INTRODUCTION Placer deposits account for a large portion of the total production of gold. If fossil placers...the world's gold has been produced from placer deposits (Boyle, 1979). and volumes, gold Information...purposes of constructing grade-volume models of placer deposits. This information is useful for analyzing...analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits were included if |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Powell, and Lewis and Clark. * Gold was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in...the 1860's, and since then the Forest has produced gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and phosphate...mineral production within the Forest is gold from small-scale placer operations, although exploration continues...estimates are given for each deposit type (table G3). Gold and copper are the commodities most likely to be |
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