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Roby 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079173
MRDS ID W028113
Record type Site
Current site name Roby Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3124, 45.67297 (WGS84)
Elevation 468
Relative position 6.5 MI S OF WHITE BIRD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 027N 001E 15,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF HORSE SHOE BAR. DISTRICT NAME CHANGED FROM CAMP HOWARD TO CROOKS CORRAL ABOUT 1930.

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) -116.3124, 45.67297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crooks Corral; Camp Howard

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 - 91

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON US BUR MINES, INF. CIR. 702

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-78 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-JUN-78 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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