Market Lake Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073247
MRDS ID W019191
MAS/MILS ID 0160510066
Record type Site
Current site name Market Lake Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09054, 43.71321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 15 MI N OF IDAHO FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lewisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Circular Butte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Idaho Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 037E 34,35 SWSESE (34) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Junction of Henrys Fork and Snake River; Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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-Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09054, 43.71321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Idaho Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J. M., 1916 , Notes On The Fine Gold Of Snake River, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 620 , P. 271 - 29

  • Deposit

    1916 Recon J. M. Hill, Bulletin 62

  • Production

    Hill, J. M., 1916 , USGS Bulletin 620

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Idaho Falls Quad, Location No. 191

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit In Bottoms and Terraces

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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