Patrin Placer Claims

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10071502
MRDS ID W014934
MAS/MILS ID 0160490113
Record type Site
Current site name Patrin Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38817, 45.72597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 7.5 MI SSE 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

Moose Butte(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 008E 30,31,32 Idaho

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 > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium;Belt Supergroup-Biotite Augen Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38817, 45.72597

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2413.95M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd J. Patrin

Comments on development

  • 4 20 Acre Claims, Patrin Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, Patrin Placer Locations No. 1, 2, 3, 4: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    1960 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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