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The Meadows Placer

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093574
MRDS ID W014525
MAS/MILS ID 0160370673
Record type Site
Current site name The Meadows Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72563, 44.13049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Relative position 12.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 015E 05 S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Also In 10N 15E Sec 32 and Secs 5,8 &17 In 9N 15E

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVE AU VALUE: TRACE/C.Y.
Result RANGE OF BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE: 4.1 - 51.0 LB/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sands, Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Sands, Gravels

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 7.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 19 Holes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 900 Acres; 35000000 C. Y. Est. Volume.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 McHugh, Edward L. 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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