Mine detail: Hughes Creek Placer

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Location

Lat / long:

45.5111, -114.0075

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Mercury, Silver
Ore:	Gold

Production

Operation type:	Placer
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1885 - 1912
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium
Host type:	Alluvium

References

MRDS	W015422
MAS	160590131
DEP	10105765
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}{Deposit:: Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pamphlet 130}{Production:: Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, P. 716.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)