Payette River

Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038183
MRDS ID M045482
Record type Site
Current site name Payette River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47068, 43.89797 (WGS84)
Elevation 774
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15-20 MI NORTHWEST OF BOISE, Est Imated To Be Near Montour

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northeast Emmett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N;007N 001E;001W Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MOST OF AREA IS UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE FOR CENTER OF COMPLEX.
  • PLACERS ON PAYETTE RIVER ARE MOSTLY IN ADJACENT BOISE COUNTY. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF PETERSON GULCH ABOUT 2.5 MI EAST OF MONTOUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum Ore

Analytical data

Result PT=$8.40/TON, AU=$10.75/TON IN CONCENTRATES AT 70 LB/TON GRAVEL
Result RECALCULATES TO PT=340 PPB, AU=620 PPB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.47068, 43.89797

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF STILLWATER COMPLEX IS 2,705 +/- 4 MA BASED ON U-PB SYSTEMATICS ON ZIRCON-BADDELEYITE (PREMO AND OTHERS, 1990)
  • IGNEOUS BEDROCK. PLACER GOLD LIKELY DERIVED FROM GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name West View (Pearl) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY PRODUCER OF PGE AS A PRIMARY COMMODITY IN THE CONTERMINOUS U.S.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1 = MOD IS 2-10 TIMES RESERVES; 3 = SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES ALL ZONES, 4 = HYPOTHETICAL RESOURCES

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST MAJOR WORKINGS ARE UNDERGROUND, BUT EXTENSIVE TRENCHING HAS ALSO BEEN UNDERTAKEN. NUMEROUS DIAMOND DRILL HOLES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE JM REEF AND BANDED SERIES

Comments on development

  • EXCEPT FOR PRODUCTION FROM THE STILLWATER MINE, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PROFITABLE PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE PAGE AND NOKLEBERG (1974) MAPS; PAGE, HAFFTY, RILEY (1972) ANALYSIS. ALSO SEE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE FOR STILLWATER COMPLEX. MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE THIN BUT LATERALLY EXTENSIVE. LARGE SIZE REFERS TO MINERALIZATION OF STILLWATER COMPLEX AS A WHOLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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