Snake River Placer Deposits

Past Producer in Twin Falls county in Idaho, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Iron
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291025
MAS/MILS ID 0160830017
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placer Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.93531, 42.80209 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Twin Falls(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagerman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Snake-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Twin Falls

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007 S 013 E 21 C SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.93531, 42.80209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY,WW,1946,IDAHO BUR MINES ANDGEOL PAMPH 72 MAP LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 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.