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Fisher and Baumhoff Placers

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090079
MRDS ID W007563
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher and Baumhoff Placers
Alternate or previous names Wharton Estate Claims
Related records 10265327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91816, 43.88238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1 MI S. OF NEW CENTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 005E 06,07,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 7 1/2 MI OF CREEK PLACERS ALONG GRIMES CR. GRANITE CR., WOLF CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91816, 43.88238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bench Gravels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY 2 DREDGES IN THE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O. H. 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING IN BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7028, P. 21

  • Deposit

    1938 RECONN USBM INF. CIRC. 702

  • Production

    METZGER, O. H., 1938, US BUREAU OF MINES. INF. CIRC. 7028 P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK IS CLAY, AU CONCENTRATED IN LOWEST 3 - 5 FT OF GRAVEL, 80 - 85% OF WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. LARGEST MATERIAL IS 6 - 8 INCH BOULDERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

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