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Buck 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071528
MRDS ID W014969
MAS/MILS ID 0160490207
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Placer
Alternate or previous names Houston Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.71768, 45.34178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6 MI IN A DIRECT LINE NW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 006E 09,10, 16 E2NENE (16) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • References Report His Prospect In The SE/4 Sec. 19. The Warren 7.5-Min. Topo Map Shows Tailings On An Unnamed Tributary Of Houston Creek In The NE/4 Sec. 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $0.02 AU/YARD
Result MATERIAL ON BEDROCK RICHER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel;Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.71768, 45.34178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Becker

Comments on the production information

  • Between 35000 - 40000 Yards Of Gravel Washed In 1935 - 1937

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Large Hydraulic Pits, Numerous Smaller Pits

Comments on development

  • 8 Claims, 2 Miles Ditches, 2 Small Reservoirs, 1800 Ft. Hydraulic Pipe, 3 - Inch And 4 - Inch Hydraulic Giant

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 64 P

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S.H., And Metzger, O.H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Information Circular 7023

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-JAN-1994 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

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