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Butcher 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079167
MRDS ID W028105
MAS/MILS ID 0160490860
Record type Site
Current site name Butcher Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names K & M Placer, China Creek Placer, Dandy, Mountain Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3021, 45.55707 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI N 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 026N 001E 26 NWNWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On W Side Of Salmon R .5 Mi N Of Upper Butcher Bar; 35 Ft Above River Level

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite, Quartzite, And Schist Gravels
    Rock description Granite, Quartzite, And Schist Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.3021, 45.55707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 22.86M

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 Lucile Sampson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Irbs Placer Min. Co. ( 1929 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.508HA
    Length 73.15M

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

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Us Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 91

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location 52 And 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-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.

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