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Spring Bar Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079165
MRDS ID W028102
MAS/MILS ID 0160490861
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-116.3063, 45.51927 (WGS84)
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-116.30461, 45.51681 (WGS84) 497 1.5 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

Lucile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 001E 11 NWNESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On E Side Salmon R, At Lime Point About A Mile S Of Lucile And 50 Ft Above Low-Water Mark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Mud; Granite And Quartzite Gravel
    Rock description Mud; Granite And Quartzite Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Mc Farnsworth ( 1937 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wakely Brothers, F. Ballard
    First year 1937

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. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 Ft Pay Streak In Mud And Gravel Seam 18 Inches Above Bedrock

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-78 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-90 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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