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Placerville Unit

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090080
MRDS ID W007565
Record type Site
Current site name Placerville Unit
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Placer Mines
Related records 10120213

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93236, 43.93428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1 MI SE OF PLACERVILLE, IDAHO

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 007N 004E 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Stream Gravels
    Rock description Stream Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93236, 43.93428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Gravels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY PIPING WITH 2 GIANTS IN THE 1930'S

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O. H. 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING IN BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. BUREAU OF MINE INF. CIRC. 7028, P. 28

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON USBM INF. CIRC. 702

  • Production

    METZGER, O. H. 1938, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7028, P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL POORLY CONSOLIDATED. BEDROCK IS CLAY AND GRANITE

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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