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American Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071615
MRDS ID W015108
MAS/MILS ID 0160490057
Record type Site
Current site name American Placer
Alternate or previous names Golden Rule, American River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45038, 45.88737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 5.5 MI BY ROAD N AND A LITTLE W. 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

Lick Point(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 030N 008E 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Just N Of The Elk Township Line On The W. Side Of The American River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

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) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45038, 45.88737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 0

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gravel Principally Quartz, Quartzite, Gneiss, Sandstone, And Granitic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Charles Tiedeman

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $6000 Total Production

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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