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Snake River Placers

Past Producer in Elmore 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070284
MRDS ID W013103
MAS/MILS ID 160010158
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.0881, 43.0036 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 22 MI. S.W. OF MOUNTAIN HOME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorsey Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003E 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 3,000 TO 5,000 PARTICLES TO ONE CENT (AT $35.00 PER OZ.). 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) -116.0881, 43.0036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Rough Mtn. District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Staley, W. W., 1945, Fine Gold Of Snake River And Lower Salmon River Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 72, 10 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et Al., Mines And Prospects Of The Boise Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-03 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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