Cory Bar

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium
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. 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 10071467
MRDS ID W014875
Record type Site
Current site name Cory Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98956, 45.49158 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 14 MI NE OF CHAMBERLAIN AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Teeth Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 012E 21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RECOVERABLE BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 5.6 LB/CY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium-Sand And Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Schist And Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.98956, 45.49158

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the production information

  • EVIDENCE OF OLD PLACER WORKINGS EXISTS

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 PITS DUG

Comments on development

  • LAND ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHDRAWN FROM MINERAL ENTRY BY US FOREST SERVICE ; ECON.COM: PIT SAMPLES CONTAIN 1 TO 12 CENTS GOLD/CY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., SCHMITT, L. J., AND TUCHEK, E. T., 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SALMON RIVER BREAKS PRIMITIVE AREA, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1353-C, P 4

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON P. L. WEIS AND OTHERS, BULL. 1353-

  • Production

    WEIS, P. L., SCHMITT, L. J., AND TUCHEK, E. T., 1972, USGS BULL. 1353-C, P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINS 22 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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