Snake River Placer

Unknown in Ada 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217150
MRDS ID W012107
MAS/MILS ID 0160010155
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.49157, 43.30158 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Initial Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001 S 001 W 29 SESENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Lake Bonneville deposits.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, 1945, IBMG PAM72 P6

  • Deposit

    MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE BOISE QUAD, IBMG MINES AND

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, V.E. MITCHELL ET AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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