Orofino Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106567
MRDS ID W013055
Record type Site
Current site name Orofino Creek Placer
Related records 10289850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.876, 46.49987 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 3 1/2 MI NW OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weippe North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 037N 005E 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENSIVE PLACER MINING HAS TAKEN PLACE ON OROFINO CREEK (22 MILES)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.876, 46.49987

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 35404.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1857
Discoverer Jack Lassier

Mining district

District name Pierce City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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