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American Gold Dredging Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105555
MRDS ID W007652
Record type Site
Current site name American Gold Dredging Mine
Alternate or previous names Meadow Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64207, 42.89128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI SSE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cinnabar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 003W 24,30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64207, 42.89128
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steele District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $43600 AU 1928 - 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 145.692HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER GOLD EXTRACTED FROM STREAM BED

Comments on development

  • 18 PLACER CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, W. P., 1965, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    SALMAN, D.S.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF TRIANGLE QUADRANGLE AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 DIREXPL AMERICAN GOLD DREDGING CO

  • Production

    GERRY, C. N., AND MILLER, T. H., 1934 , USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 , PT. 1 , METALS, P. 459 - 460.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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