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Boulder Creek Placer

Past Producer in Latah 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 10072088
MRDS ID W015927
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10144789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72994, 46.97126 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI N OF HARVARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
042N 003W 19,20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON GOLD HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 952 PARTS PER THOUSAND FINE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72994, 46.97126
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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