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Fisher Placer

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071453
MRDS ID W014852
MAS/MILS ID 0160490408
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.92569, 45.84267 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 3 MI ESE OF CASTLE CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hungry Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 004E 23, 25 NWNW (25) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .75 Mile Above Mouth Of Meadow Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.92569, 45.84267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sloping Bench On East Side Of Meadow Creek

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • Sand And Gravel Lie Nearly Horizontal

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Mr. Fisher

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ball

Comments on the workings information

  • Large Pit

Comments on development

  • Placer Opened By A Large Pit; Mining Equipment Now In Total Disrepair ; Econ.Com: As Of 1918, Gravel Averaged About 18 Cents To The Yard

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1934, Gold-Bearing Gravel Of The Nezperce National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 40, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, D. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P.

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890's

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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