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Mc Coy Creek Gold Placer I

Past Producer in Bonneville 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073268
MRDS ID W019252
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Coy Creek Gold Placer I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.1086, 43.18882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3 MI WSW OF ALPINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alpine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003S 046E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN CANYON AT JUNCTION BETWEEN SNAKE RIVER AND MC COY CREEK; AREA IS NOW UNDER WATER IN PALISADES RESERVOIR

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-Silt, Gravels, Rock Flow
    Rock description Alluvium-Silt, Gravels, Rock Flow
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.1086, 43.18882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 1916 Channel And Rock Cut Terraces

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AREA NOW UNDER WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 620 , P. 271 - 294

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON SCHULTZ, A. R. AND RICHARDS, R. W.; BULL. 530

  • Deposit

    1916 COMPILE HILL, J. M., BULL. 620

  • Production

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , USGS BULL. 620

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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