Sturgill Bar Placer

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10241624
MRDS ID W028019
MAS/MILS ID 0160870064
Record type Site
Current site name Sturgill Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Sturgill Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.07071, 44.69346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sturgill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016 N 006 W 28 W2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.07071, 44.69346

Economic information

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 Sturgill Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Hydraulicing from a high bar 200 ft above river level, below mouth of Sturgill Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1945 , FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER AND LOWER SALMON RIVER, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 72 , 11 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919 , TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO BULL., V. 14 , NO. 2 , 72 P.

  • Deposit

    1919 RECON UNIV. OF IDAHO BULL., V. 14 , NO. 2

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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