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Gold Placer

Past Producer in Ada 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089090
MRDS ID W013067
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.28486, 43.12348 (WGS84)
Elevation 713
Relative position 9 1/4 MI S. E. OF SWAN FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(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)

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 Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003S 001E 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result APPROXIMATELY 5,000 PARTICLES TO ONE CENT (AT $35.00 PER OZ.)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.28486, 43.12348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Swan Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Boisef Idaho

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED $10,000 WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED BY CECIL RHODES . SOME PRODUCTION ALSO REPORTED IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADA AND CANYON COUNTIES: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 3, P. 5

  • Deposit

    1958 OTHER ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. COUNTY REPT. NO.

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1958: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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