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Grouse Creek Placer

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093786
MRDS ID W028097
MAS/MILS ID 0160490889
Record type Site
Current site name Grouse Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00659, 45.47737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 16 MI NE OF RIGGINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 004E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Placed Stream Valley Of Grayson Creek Selected
  • Approximate Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00659, 45.47737
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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 Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Occurrence In Gold Placer; One Small Diamond

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Information Lacking

Comments on development

  • Grayson Creek In Rutherford County Centrally Located In South Mountains Placer Area; C. Leventhorpe Lived In Patterson, Caldwell Co. To North

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Armstrong, F. C., 1964 , Mineral Resources - Uranium, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1 , P. 233 - 23

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 243

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Diamond Found In Gold Placer
Deposit Mica Gneiss Unit Chiefly Mica Gneiss And Includes Mica Schist And A Wide Variety Of Other Gneisses And Schists, Also Pegmatites And Injections Of Granites ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JUL-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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