| Deposit ID | 10089543 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027341 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Grand View Placer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.07484, 42.98432 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 716 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 0.5 MI NORTHWEST OF GRAND VIEW TO EAST OF GRAND VIEW |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Owyhee(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grand View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Owyhee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 005S | 003E | 14,15,16 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Garnet | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Garnet | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Martite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Platinum | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Xenotime | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Result | GOLD RAN ABOUT $1.40/YD AND IS 900 FINE |
|---|
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||||
| Rock unit name | Alluvium | ||||
| Rock description | Alluvium | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.07484, 42.98432 |
|---|
| General form | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rough Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027341 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | JV_107 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
SORENSON, ROYAL, 1937, MINERALS FROM CERTAIN PLACER DEPOSITS IN IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, B.S. THESIS, P. 18-19.
ROSS, C.P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, PT. 1, P. 100.
STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPNLET 68, FIG. 24.
HILL, J.M., 1915, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, PL. 7, P. 271-294.
FAHRENWALD, A.W., NEWTON, JOSEPH, STALEY, W.W., AND SHAFFER, R.E., 1939, A METALLURGICAL STUDY OF IDAHO PLACER SAND: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 51, 10 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AND FINE GRAINED. THERE IS A LODE SILVER MINE NEARBY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-77 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-90 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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