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American Eagle Placer Claims

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089232
MRDS ID W014926
MAS/MILS ID 0160490759
Record type Site
Current site name American Eagle Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36127, 45.78797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 4.75 MI SE OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 028N 009E 04,05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium;Belt Supergroup-Biotite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36127, 45.78797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 38.1M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Eagle Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • 16 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Placer Deposits Of The Elk City Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1957, American Eagle Patented Claims: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

  • Deposit

    1960 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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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