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Pearl 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10071547
MRDS ID W014997
MAS/MILS ID 0160490236
Record type Site
Current site name Pearl Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66177, 45.23877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1.75 MI UPSTREAM FROM WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Meadows(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 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Warren Creek Above Mayflower Creek

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 > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66177, 45.23877
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 Joints Cutting Bedrock Collect Much Gold

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz Monzonite Bedrock

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. R. Mc Dowell, Frank Gallagher, Richard Coykendall

Comments on the production information

  • Item 1 From 2000 C.Y. Of Washed Alluvium In June And July.

Comments on development

  • 7 Claims In 2 Groups; Worked By Hydraulicking Using 2-Inch Giant ; Econ.Com: Not Enough Water For Dry Season Operation In Late Summer.

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.

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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