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Crane Meadows Placer

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, Zirconium, Rhenium, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093595
MRDS ID W015209
MAS/MILS ID 0160490615
Record type Site
Current site name Crane Meadows Placer
Alternate or previous names Mountain Meadows

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.31816, 45.27708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 10.5 MI N OF BIG CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosquito Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 009E 02 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Rhenium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result UP TO TRACE OF GOLD
Result AVG BLACK SANDS 2.0 LB/CY
Result ILMENITE FRACTION AVG 25% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.31816, 45.27708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, P. 142

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 Acres; 1,840,000 Cy

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 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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