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Fisher and Baumhoff Placer Workings

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071582
MRDS ID W015055
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher and Baumhoff Placer Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69038, 45.27177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 MI NW 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 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • All Of Warren Creek From Town Of Warren To Thomas Creek And Most Of W. Side Warren Creek Valley Opposite Warren Meadows

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU CONCENTRATED NEAR BEDROCK
Result GRAVEL AVE $0.18/CY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 609.6M
    Depth to bottom 6.71M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • 2 Dredges - Worked Upper Warren Creek, Steamboat Creek, Stration Creek, Warren Meadows ; Econ.Com: Total Cost Production 6.5 - 7 Cents/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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