Crystal Dome Placer

Occurrence in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070376
MRDS ID W013274
MAS/MILS ID 0160050103
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Dome Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45694, 42.70491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI S OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 034E 23,26 C (23) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Swan Peak Quartzite;Gravel
    Rock description Swan Peak Quartzite;Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45694, 42.70491

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Mcmanon, Portland, Ore.

Comments on development

  • 2 Placer Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open - File Rept

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad., 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-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.