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Painter Bar

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089224
MRDS ID W014877
MAS/MILS ID 0160490830
Record type Site
Current site name Painter Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46567, 45.41657 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF MACKAY BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(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 024N 008E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjacent To Painter Mine Property

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result MAGNETITE, ILMENITE, ZIRCON, FERROMAGNESIAN SILICATES, RUTILE, SPHENE (BLACK SANDS), GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46567, 45.41657
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Alluvial Terrace 10 - 20 Ft. Above River And 2 Terrace Remnants 20 Ft. Higher

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 Dixie District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert V. Hansberger
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 9.75M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Old Prospect Pits, 2 Are 5 Ft. Deep And 1 Is 13 Ft. Deep; 5 Additional Pits And 3 Trenches Were Dug

Comments on development

  • Patented Homestead ; Econ.Com: Pit And Trench Samples Contained Values Up To 2 Cents Gold/Cy. Some Pan Samples Contained Greater Values.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., And Others, 1972 , Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P. 59 - 6

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., Mitchell, Et Al, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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