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Squaw Bar Placer

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079164
MRDS ID W028101
MAS/MILS ID 0160490854
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Jennie B Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3018, 45.49987 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position 2 MI S OF LUCILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riggins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 001E 14 NENWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W Side Of Salmon R

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.3018, 45.49987
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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 Riggins District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: Us Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 9

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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