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Indian Creek Landing Field Placer

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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 10093517
MRDS ID W013989
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Landing Field Placer
Related records 10193249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10565, 44.76048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position NEAR MIDDLE FORK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pungo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 011E 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG NW SIDE OF THE MID. FK. SALMON RIVER 1/2 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF INDIAN CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 4.1 CENTS AU/CY
Result BLACK SANDS RANGE FROM 1 LB - 2 LB/CY. AVG MAGNETITE IS ABOUT 30%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite;Alluvium-Rhyolitic And Granitic Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite;Alluvium-Rhyolitic And Granitic Sand And Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10565, 44.76048
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 165 ACRES; 8,000,000 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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