Carrico Mine and Placer

Producer in Latah 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110455
MRDS ID W015930
Record type Site
Current site name Carrico Mine and Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80632, 46.99208 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Relative position 6.75 MI NE OF POTLATCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 004W 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON E FK GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized, Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Calcareous Quartzite, Scapolite Hornfels;Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80632, 46.99208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 61 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer Carrico Family

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lawrence Paul, Arthur P. Gillian
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Shattock

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER, OPEN CUTS OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED FT, 2 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 25-TON FLOTATION MILL, POWER PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 45 - 46.

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.

  • Production

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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