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George Russel Placer

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070048
MRDS ID W007910
Record type Site
Current site name George Russel Placer
Related records 10192551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.77906, 44.07488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 9 MI W. OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 006E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 10 MI BELOW LOWMAN ON THE S. SIDE OF THE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravels
    Rock description Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.77906, 44.07488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gravel Benches

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AU RECOVERED BY HYDRAULIC AND GROUND - SLUICING METHODS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O. H., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING IN BOISE CO. IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7028 P. 2

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON METZGER, USBM INF. CIRC. 702

  • Production

    METZGER, O. H., 1938, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7028 P. 21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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