Frank E. Wilson Ranch

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038185
MRDS ID M045484
Record type Site
Current site name Frank E. Wilson Ranch
Alternate or previous names Hammett, Possibly Brown's Creek
Related records 10241565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4751, 42.92545 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MI SOUTH OF HAMMETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hammett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenns Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

C.J. Strike Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 008E 02,11,14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Analytical data

Result AU:PT=2-3,000:1. GOLD FINENESS=954. GRADES ARE AROUND 0.0024-0.121 OZ/YD (40 PPB-2.1 PPM)

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) -115.4751, 42.92545

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snake River Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.