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Independence Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070258
MRDS ID W013048
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Creek Placer
Related records 10290196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10042, 46.77405 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 8 3/4 MI NE OF KELLY FORKS RANGER STATION AND 8 MI. SE. OF HORNET POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osier Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 011E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS 3 MI UPSTREAM FROM THIS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10042, 46.77405
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Independence Placer Mining Co. Ltd.

Comments on development

  • 8 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    MC DOWELL, GEORGE A., 1951, 52ND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR IDAHO FOR 1950, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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