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Monumental Creek Ranch Placer

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071789
MRDS ID W015343
Record type Site
Current site name Monumental Creek Ranch Placer
Related records 10290602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12155, 45.02178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 8.5 MI SE OF CENTER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument(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 019N 011E 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 6.8 CENTS AU/CY
Result BLACK SANDS CONTAIN LESS THAN 7% ILMENITE, 1% ZIRCON
Result GOLD VALUES BASED ON $47.85/TOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite;Gravel
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite;Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12155, 45.02178
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU CONCENTRATIONS COMMONLY IN UPPER AND LOWER GRAVEL LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monumental Creek District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1.2 LB BLACK SANDS/CY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 300 ACRES, 21780000 CY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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