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Large Bar Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106091
MRDS ID W028111
MAS/MILS ID 0160490856
Record type Site
Current site name Large Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2891, 45.65317 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Relative position 7 MI S OF WHITE BIRD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 027N 001E 23, 24, 26 SENENE (26) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Quarry On Flood Plain Between Two Headwater Streams In Gently Rolling Terrain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Burnt For Agricultural Lime, Crushed For Construction Stone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2891, 45.65317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crooks Corral; Camp Howard

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Large Family

Comments on the production information

  • Quarry Size Indicates Production Was Small For Construction Stone And Agricultural Lime.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Considerable Amount Of Marble Remains

Comments on the workings information

  • Small Quarry

Comments on development

  • In 1940'S Drill Holes Put Down Between This Quarry And Old Limestone Quarry Of Catawba County Or Powell Quarry, 1.3 Km To Ne; Holes Drilled About 90m And Still In Marble; Shows Marble Bed Continuous Between The Two Quarries

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: US Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 9

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , US Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 91

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Kings Mountain Group Consists Of Bedded Quartzite, Marble, Conglomerate And Schist; Marble Fine-Grained, Mostly Dark Bluish-Gray, Some Layers White ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit Quarry Filled With Water; Marble Occurs As Discontinuous Lenses

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-78 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-JUN-78 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-90 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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