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Horse Creek Placers Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and Horse 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089228
MRDS ID W014886
MAS/MILS ID 0160490017
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek Placers Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and Horse Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.73206, 45.39571 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 13 MI NE OF COLD MEADOWS AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Square Top(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

Salmon-Challis 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 014E 13, 14, 22, 23, 21, 27, 28 NWNWSE (22), NENENW (27), N2 (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Placers Extend From Confluence Of Horse Cr. With Salmon R. To 4 Miles Up Horse Cr.; Horse Bar Is Plotted

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Samples From Pits And Reconnaissance Samples Contained Trace Gold.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result RECOVERABLE BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 1.8 LB/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt-Gneiss;Alluvium-Gneissic Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Pre Belt-Gneiss;Alluvium-Gneissic Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.73206, 45.39571
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis' Pre - Belt Gneiss 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
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Wade E. Chaffin

Mining district

District name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Salmon River Breaks

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wade E. Chaffin, Et. Al.
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists

Comments on the workings information

  • Total Of 3 Test Pits And 3 Trenches Were Dug

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 3

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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