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Smith Gulch Bar

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089223
MRDS ID W014874
MAS/MILS ID 0160490303
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Gulch Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98566, 45.48628 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 13 MI NE OF CHAMBERLAIN AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Teeth Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 012E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Downriver Side Of Smith Gulch Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Most Samples Contain No More Than 4 Lb/Cy Of Black Sands.
  • Smith Gulch Bar Covers About 3 Acres And Is 5 To 15 Feet Above The River. Neither Of Two Test Pits Dug Reached Bedrock, And Samples From Them Range In Value From 0 To 2 Cents Gold Per Cubic Yard. The Bar Is Estimated To Contain 0.04 Million Cubic Yards Of Gravel.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.98566, 45.48628
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Low Alluvial Terrace 5 - 15 Ft. Above River; Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bull 1304) Labels Weis' Precambrian Gneiss Igneous Rocks As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salmon River - Smith Gulch Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Don Smith Et Al
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Test Pits Dug

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Samples Range From 0 To 2 Cents Gold/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 36

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bull 1353-C, P. 42 - 4

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Contains 3 Acres. Estimated To Contain 0.04 Million Cy Of Gravel

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JUN-1996 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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