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Buttercup Placer Group Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Peat, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070164
MRDS ID W012883
MAS/MILS ID 0160490881
Record type Site
Current site name Buttercup Placer Group Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02709, 45.49297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 12 MI. S OF ADAMS RANGER STATION. ABOUT 14 MI. NE OF RIGGINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 003E 13,18,19,24 SWSENE (24) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Extends Down Sand Creek From The Mouth Of White Sand Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Peat Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Peat Ore

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) -116.02709, 45.49297
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Stream Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Homestake Placers Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Ward And Messrs. Hinckson And Bishop

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • Steam Shovel With Log Boom And Dragline, Floating Washing Plant, Small Caterpiller Tractor.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, John C., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Florence Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 46, 44 P

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1939 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 46 , P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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