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Laughing Water Group

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Mercury, Titanium, Garnet
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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 10071535
MRDS ID W014981
MAS/MILS ID 0160490222
Record type Site
Current site name Laughing Water Group
Alternate or previous names Secesh - Ruby Placers, Davis Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.89208, 45.24657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 2.25 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 18,19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Between Secesh River And Lower Ruby Creek, And Opposite The Mouth Of Lake Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Augite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A NUMBER OF PANS OF MATERIAL FROM BEDROCK SURFACE YIELDED AVG. $0.10 AU/PA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.89208, 45.24657
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Puzzling Characteristic Of Glacial Deposits Is Presence Of Quartzite Boulders Although Basin From Which They Were Derived Is Composed Of Granitic Rocks.

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 Resort District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. F. Stratton, Lee Kessler
  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis Mining Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 C.Y. Gravel

Comments on development

  • 4.5 Mile Ditch, 5 - Inch Giant, 320 Ft Of 24 - Inch Sluice Boxes ; Econ.Com: Water Supply Inadequate During Middle And Late Summer

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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