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Ross and Ross No. 1 Placer Claims

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071573
MRDS ID W015035
MAS/MILS ID 0160490753
Record type Site
Current site name Ross and Ross No. 1 Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41348, 45.82017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1.5 MI E OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 008E 25 SWSWNE Idaho
Boise 029N 009E 19,30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Below Congress Group To Kirk'S Fork And Up Kirk'S Fork; Placer Plotted At Mouth Of Kirk'S Fork, T 29 N, R 8 E, Sect. 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium;Belt Supergroup-Biotite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41348, 45.82017
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross, V. C.
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1960

Comments on development

  • Unpatented

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Placer Deposits Of The Elk City Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121, 26 P

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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