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Snake River Placers

Past Producer in Jerome 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070126
MRDS ID W012823
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5133, 42.6258 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 6 MI. S. OF JEROME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Twin Falls(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jerome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Snake-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Jerome

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 017E 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 3,000 - 5,000 PARTICLES TO ONE CENT (AT $35.00 PER OZ.)
Result 943 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5133, 42.6258
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name Jerome Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN BECAUSE OF HAPHAZARDNESS OF EARLY REPORTING AND BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES OUT OF OLD ONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - GOLD, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 98

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1946, FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER AND LOWER SALMON RIVER, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 72, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    HITE, THOMAS H., 1946, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 28, NO. 3, P. 256 - 265.

  • Deposit

    5) KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 120 - 140.

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 72

  • Production

    STALEY, W. W., 1946: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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