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Smith Creek Placers

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Mercury, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071542
MRDS ID W014990
MAS/MILS ID 0160490230
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69068, 45.25737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position .75 MI SW 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 022N 006E 11 SWSWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amalgam Ore
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result BETTER GROUND RAN $1 AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69068, 45.25737
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Alluvium Mostly Quartz Monzonite Sand

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

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, 65 P

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 4

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Source Of Placer Gold - 8 Veins In Smith Creek Drainage Basin

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JUN-1996 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

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