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Barnes Creek Placer

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073284
MRDS ID W019286
MAS/MILS ID 0160190159
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33971, 43.13212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1.25 MI NW OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Elk Mountain(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 044E 19, 20, 30 NWNE (30) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Lower Barnes Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1961 DOW ASSAY 1961 BLACK AND DEASON SALT LAKE CITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33971, 43.13212
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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 Mount Pisgah District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A Small Amount Of Au Ore Was Produced In 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Geology Of The Caribou Mountain Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 59 P

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. County Report 5, 1961, P. 82. Rains, R.L., And Federspiel, F.E., 1993, Mineral Resource Investigation Of The Caribou City-Stump Creek Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 15-93, P. 31-33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 20-JUN-1994 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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