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Crooked Creek Placer

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071623
MRDS ID W015118
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek Placer
Related records 10266478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09266, 45.19128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 10 MI SW OF GOLD MEADOWS AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acorn Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 011E 02,03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AREA EXTENDS 1 MI FROM SNOWSHOE MINE TO JUST BELOW MOUTH OF BISMARCK CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 0.3 CENTS/CY GOLD
Result AVG BLACK SANDS 18.8 LB/CY WITH 51% ILMENITE, 27% MAGNETITE

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) -115.09266, 45.19128
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS TOO SMALL TO SUPPORT MINING; GOLD VALUES BASED ON $47.85/TOZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, P. 177

  • Deposit

    1973 OTHER F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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