Pyramid Placer Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Garnet, Titanium, Mercury
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078742
MRDS ID W027340
MAS/MILS ID 0160730398
Record type Site
Current site name Pyramid Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08845, 42.99488 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position .5 MI NE OF GRANDVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003E 15 S2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08845, 42.99488

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rough Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sorenson, Royal, 1937 , Minerals From Certain Placer Deposits In Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, Bs Thesis, P. 18 - 1

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Jordan Valley Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 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.