Elk City District

Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Niobium (Columbium), Platinum, Uranium, Mercury, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000947
MRDS ID M045479
Record type District
Current site name Elk City District
Alternate or previous names Includes American Hill, Buffalo Hill, Tiernan Hill, Cal-Idaho, French Gulch Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43238, 45.81097 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position PLACERING TOOK PLACE ON AMERICAN RIVER, ELK CREEK, SOUTH FORK CLEARWATER RIVER, AND TRIBUTARIES TO THESE. LOCATION GIVEN IS DREDGE TAILINGS BY AMERICAN HILL LAKE ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF ELK CITY. PART OF PLACERED AREA MAY LIE WITHIN NEZPERCE NATIONAL FOREST INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41, ACC URATE WITHIN DISTRICT, ACC URATE WITHIN DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.43238, 45.81097

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1861
Discoverer Mose Milner

Mining district

District name ELK CITY DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1197-1198.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C.R., 1955, A SURVEY OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    REID, R.R., 1960, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE ELK CITY REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 121, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 16.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C.N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 17, P. 130-136.

  • Deposit

    REED, J.C., 1934, GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL OF THE NEZPERCE NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 40, P. 17-19.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S.H., AND METZGER, O.H., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7023, P. 17-24.

  • Deposit

    FLAGG, A.L., 1913, THE ELK CITY MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, V. 45, P. 113-122.

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, F.C., AND WEIS, P.L., 1957, URANIUM-BEARING MINERALS IN PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-C, P. 25-36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 BLAIR, WILL N. U.S. Geological Survey RECORD D001841 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Beyond USGS

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