Three Mile Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, Garnet, REE
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105739
MRDS ID W014966
MAS/MILS ID 0160490201
Record type Site
Current site name Three Mile Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93658, 45.31067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 2 1/2 MI NW OF BURGDORF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgdorf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 004E 23,24,25,26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Plotted At Mouth Of Three Mile Creek; About 1.25 Miles Downstream From Lake Creek Placers

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Manganese Oxide Stains, Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist, Quartzite;Moraine-Gravel, Boulders, Sand, Clay
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93658, 45.31067

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Bedrock - Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burgdorf District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Carrey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.508HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Pits - 82000 Cy Material Mined; 1 Pit 10 Ft Deep

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Gold Placers Of The Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P.

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7023

  • Deposit

    1940 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-NOV-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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