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Grouse Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071454
MRDS ID W014853
MAS/MILS ID 0160490743
Record type Site
Current site name Grouse Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98379, 45.83177 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position .4 MI SW 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 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Little More Than A Mile Below Mouth Of Castle Creek On S. Side S. Fk. Clearwater River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Sand, Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Quartzitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98379, 45.83177
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Williams

Comments on the workings information

  • Development Consists Of A Single Pit At The Edge Of The River

Comments on development

  • The Development Consists Of A Single Pit At The Edge Of The River From Which A Few Thousand Yards Have Been Washed. The Pit Is In Bench Gravel That Reaches As Much As 50 Feet Above The River. The Quartzitic Gneiss Bedrock At The Pit Is About 10 Feet Below The River Level. This Material Consists Of About 35 Feet Of Pourly Sorted Gravel And Boulders With A Sandy Matrix, Four Feet Of Sand, And 10 Feet Of Poorly Sorted Bouldery Material. According To Reports, The Principal Values Lie Below River Level In The Bottom Ten Feet Of Gravel. A Ditch About One Fourth Mile Long Leads Water From Grouse Creek To A Penstock, Whence It Is Fed To A Four Inch Giant. Values Ore Low So That Production Has Been Insignificant.

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. 2

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JUL-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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