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Red Horse 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10071491
MRDS ID W014915
MAS/MILS ID 0160490067
Record type Site
Current site name Red Horse Placer
Alternate or previous names Red Horse No. 1 and No. 2 Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39818, 45.80767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.75 MI SE OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(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 009E 31,29,28 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39818, 45.80767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4827.9M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. T. Phillips
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. V. E. Anderson

Comments on development

  • Red Horse No. 1 And 2 Staked In 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121.

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Placer Deposits Of The Elk City Region: Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1957, Red Horse Placer: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 20 Acres

Reporter information

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

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