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Aim Id Waypoint Id Waypoint Date Latitude Longitude Site Name General Area Narrative
PO004630 OP023 9/2/2010 46.683338 -112.499062 Carpenter Creek OPHIR Road spur off of main road. Adit driven in creek (facing upstream) Timbers and pile of spoils adjacent. Is in FeOx-stained grus, up the road from contact with limestone. Followed side drainage and is ground sluiced wiith many piles. Is >100 ft total width
Photo(s) Title Date Description
Placer Photograph - Carpenter Creek 9/2/2010 Road spur off of main road. Adit driven in creek (facing upstream) Timbers, and pile of spoils adjacent. Is in FeOx stained grus, up the road from contact with limestone.
Placer Photograph - Carpenter Creek 9/2/2010 Spruce/fir grow on spoils piles in side drainage. Ground sluiced with many piles, approximately 100 feet total width. There is a spring ~50 feet above adit. Creek in the side drainage is intermittent and flows ~5 gpm.
Placer Photograph - Carpenter Creek 9/2/2010 Photo of larger boulders in ground sluicing. Some hand-stacked walls.
Placer Photograph - Carpenter Creek 9/2/2010 Larger boulders associated with ground sluicing. Some hand-stacked walls.
Placer Photograph - Carpenter Creek 9/2/2010 Placer is 30 ft to 40 ft wide, sluice piles with up to 18 inch diameter fir/spruce growing on them. There are 15 ft to 20 ft highwalls. Cobbles are lichen covered, and are mainly intrusive with some limestone. Dog for scale.

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