Big Casino Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105704
MRDS ID W014361
Record type Site
Current site name Big Casino Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83343, 44.22769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5.5 MI E OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casino Lakes(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 010N 014E 04 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS EXTENDS ABOUT 1 MILE BOTH UP AND DOWN STREAM FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2 MILES

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. AU SAMPLE VALUE: $0.008/C.Y.
Result RANGE OF BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE 6.7 - 56.7 LB/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83343, 44.22769

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel, Irregular Granite Bedrock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE $8000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND OTHERS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P

  • Production

    TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS O.F. REPT., P. 626

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL

  • Deposit

    VANNOY AND OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.467, PLATE 3, NO.12

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, 1962, IBMG PAMP.126, P.119-120

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND LIVINGSTON, 1920, IBMG BULL.3, P.18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 ACRES; EST. VOLUME 480000 CY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.