1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Feather River Placer

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Garnet, Gold, Iron, Silver, Titanium, Zirconium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093488
MRDS ID W013637
MAS/MILS ID 0160390088
Record type Site
Current site name Feather River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.29204, 43.68848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position .5 MI FROM ROCKY BAR ON FEATHER RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 010E 08,17 NWNWNE (17) Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result MAGNETITE 60% OF CLEANED SAND, MONAZITE 15%, GARNET 5%, ILMENITE 25%, ZIRCON 5%, GOLD LESS THAN 0.1%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    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) -115.29204, 43.68848
ListMap

Economic information

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 Bear Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sorenson, R., 1937, Minerals From Certain Placer Deposits In Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, B. S. Thesis, 22 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Propsects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-1990 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.

Maps centered on this site