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Little Cow Creek Placer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070180
MRDS ID W012909
MAS/MILS ID 0160490887
Record type Site
Current site name Little Cow Creek Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05289, 45.46957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 7 1/2 MI. N.E. OF RIGGINS HOT SPRINGS.

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 26,35 SWSWSE (26) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Stream (Near The Florence - Nut Basin Road.).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -116.05289, 45.46957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed

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 Owner
    Owner Holmadge, August

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on development

  • 8 Claims (48 Acres) ; Econ.Com: 1 To 6 Ft Peat Overburden

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. 37.

  • Deposit

    1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 4

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 238

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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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