Rough Creek Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet, Iron
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071129
MRDS ID W014358
MAS/MILS ID 0160370392
Record type Site
Current site name Rough Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80033, 44.23739 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 7 1/4 MI E NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casino Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 014E 34 E2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVELS AVG. $0.46/C.Y. YIELDED $8500 WORTH OF 880 - 895 FINE GOLD
Result AVG. AU SAMPLE VALUE $0.131/C.Y.
Result RANGE OF BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE: 6.7 - 51.5 LB/C.Y.

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-Sands, Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Sands, Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.80033, 44.23739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 6.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Total Value $15000 - $20000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Est. Volume 240,000 C.Y.; 7 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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