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Golden Rule Placer

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Thorium, REE
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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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070892
MRDS ID W014020
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rule Placer
Related records 10242059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.04265, 44.85568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 7 MI N OF MIDDLE FORK GUARD STATION; N. OF MC CALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pungo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 012E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sapphire Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO .3 CENT AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sand, Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Sand, Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.04265, 44.85568
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Marble Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. D. And M. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • AT CURRENT PRICES PRODUCTION VALUE OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS

Comments on development

  • 640 ACRES IN LEASE ; ECON.COM: 2.7 LB. BLACK SANDS/CY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MIN. NEWS, MAY 2, 1975.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Production

    WESTERN MIN. NEWS, MAY 2, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2.3 ACRES; 180,000 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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