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Big Creek Placers

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Garnet, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10193274
MAS/MILS ID 0160850175
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Placers
Related records 10169315, 10071777

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.99427, 44.47317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skunk Creek Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013 N 004 E 09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary
Iron Secondary
REE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.99427, 44.47317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13M
    Length 20000M
    Width 20000M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820218
  • Area 370HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 370
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Long Valley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Everett K. Allen, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 13
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom N. Olson, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho First National Bank, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 8
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Simplot Industries
    Interest 13
    Home office Boise, ID
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry F. Byers, Gardnerville, Nevada
    Interest 3
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ronald E. Young, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sky Ranch
    Interest 3
    Home office Cascade, ID
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Cascade
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corner, Sidney
    Interest 3
    Home office Snohomish, WA
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kelly, Aileen
    Interest 5
    Home office Cascade, Id
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Whiter Corner, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Bilbao, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 5
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Vivian, Boise Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ballantyne, B. H.
    Interest 5
    Home office Boise, ID
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Valley County, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roger Cambell, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Hollister, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Dust Ranch, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Simms, C. B.
    Interest 3
    Home office Cascade, ID
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goslin, B.
    Interest 3
    Home office Horseshoe Bend, Id
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reif, A. F.
    Interest 3
    Home office Cascade, Id
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Pendleton, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner P. R. Callender, Cascade Idaho
    Interest 3
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 370HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Swell Factor 0
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 0
    Capacity 11500
    Capacity Units CU-M ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 40
    Unit Production Cost 1.02
    Units of Production $/CU-M ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, L.C., DREDGING COSTS PROVIDED BY THE YUBA MANUFACTURE COMPANY, WRITTEN COMMUN. APRIL 9TH, 1964.

  • Deposit

    GRAY,E., IDAHO PROPERTY REALTY CO., BOISE IDAHO, ORAL COMMUN., AUGUST 1981.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, MH, AND STORCH, R.H., PEARSON CREEK PLACER AREAS, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, PROJECT REPORT NO., BM=SMIB-4602-1, APRIL 15, 1954.

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, N., MAS PROPERTY FILE REPORT, BIG CREEK PLACER DEPOSITS, SEPT, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1995 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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