Williams Creek Placer

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Gold, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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. 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 10096320
MRDS ID W014389
MAS/MILS ID 0160370438
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84033, 44.09319 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 8.5 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

Obsidian(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 014E 20 C E2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result USBM SAMPLES FOUND MONAZITE VALUES OF FROM 1 TO 4 LB/C.Y.
Result RANDOM SAMPLES TAKEN FROM BOTH GOLD AND WILLIAMS CREEKS AVG. TRACE AU/C.Y. AND HAD A RANGE OF 1.0 - 46.5 LB BLACK SAND/C.Y., WITH AVG. OF 0.89 LB MONAZITE/C.Y., 3.5 LB ILMENITE/C.Y., 0.2 LB ZIRCON/C.Y., AND 0.34 LB NIOBIUM - TANTALUM/C.Y.. SAMPLES FROM USBM HOLES AND TRENCHES AVE 33 LB BLACK SAND/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.84033, 44.09319

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 19.81M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Williams Creek Placer

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 9.5 Million Yards of Gravel; Item 2 Estimate For Both Gold and Williams Creek.

Comments on the workings information

  • Churn Drilling, Backhoeing - 32 Holes, 13 Trenches Total For Gold and Williams Creek

Comments on development

  • See Gold Creek, No. 350

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12524000 C.Y. Est. Volume By Tschanz For Both Gold Creek and Williams Creek Placers.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-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.