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Ruby Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Mercury
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071534
MRDS ID W014980
MAS/MILS ID 0160490221
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names North Star Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88458, 45.24267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 3 MI SE OF BURGDORF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victor Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(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 022N 005E 17,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Lower 1.5 Mi Of Ruby Creek, Mostly Just Above Mouth Of Miller Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88458, 45.24267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 1.37M

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 Resort District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. T. Jones And Sons

Comments on the production information

  • Value $1500

Comments on development

  • Dragline Scraper, Washing Plant

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Gold Placers Of The Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Ic 7023, 1938, P. 69.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-APR-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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