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Lantz Bar

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071469
MRDS ID W014878
MAS/MILS ID 0160490218
Record type Site
Current site name Lantz Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87345, 45.41908 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 10 MI NE OF COLD MEADOWS AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waugh Mountain(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

Bitterroot 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 024N 013E 16 NENENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Little Squaw Creek Flows Across Upriver End Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result RECOVERABLE BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 4.5 LB/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gneissic Sand And Gravel;Pre Belt-Gneiss, Schist
    Rock description Alluvium-Gneissic Sand And Gravel;Pre Belt-Gneiss, Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87345, 45.41908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Low Alluvial Terrace 0 - 15 Ft. Above River; Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis' Pre-Belt Gneiss And Schist As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith

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 Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bitterroot National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 Pits Dug

Comments on development

  • USFS Ownership Represents Those Lands Administratively Withdrawn By The US Forest Service From Mineral Entry.

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 39 - 4

  • Production

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 36

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Lantz Bar Extends For 20 Acres Along The North Bank Of The Salmon River At The Mouth Of Little Squaw Creek. Gold Values In Cents Per Cubic Yard Range From 0 To 10 Cents. One Pit Sample Contained 13 Cents Gold Per Cubic Meter, 12 Other Samples Contained 6.5 Cents Or Less Per Cubic Meter. Recoverable Black Sands Ave. 2.7 Kg Per Cu. Meter.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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