| 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: | -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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| (1) | -115.43238, 45.81097 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Discoverer | Mose Milner |
| District name | ELK CITY DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS |
| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS |
| Year | 1960 |
HUBBARD, C.R., 1955, A SURVEY OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105, P. 26.
REID, R.R., 1960, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE ELK CITY REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 121, 26 P.
STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 16.
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.
SAVAGE, C.N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 17, P. 130-136.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-75 | BLAIR, WILL N. | U.S. Geological Survey | RECORD D001841 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
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