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Snake River Placers

Past Producer in Blaine 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 10089122
MRDS ID W013180
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40393, 42.70908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 5 1/2 MI. S.E. OF MINIDOKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Walcott West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 026E 21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 0.945 FINE AND APPROX. 1500 PARTICLES TO THE CENT (AT $35/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) -113.40393, 42.70908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Minidoka Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1945, FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER AND LOWER SALMON RIVER, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 72, 10 P

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 72

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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