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Iowa Bar 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073286
MRDS ID W019288
Record type Site
Current site name Iowa Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2652, 43.10182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3.5 MI ESE 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

Caribou 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 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN IOWA CREEK AND BILK GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravel;Wayan Formation-Sandstone, Shale, Limestone
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel;Wayan Formation-Sandstone, Shale, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2652, 43.10182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $50 - $250 AU/DAY IN LATE 1880'S AND 1890'S

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WATER SHORTAGE HANDICAPPED OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5, 108 P

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO.

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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