Minidoka

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048481
MRDS ID	MP00068
Record type	Site
Current site name	Minidoka
Alternate or previous names	Sweetzer-Burroughs Dredge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.44143, 42.6713 (WGS84)
Elevation	1280
Relative position	SOUTH OF TOWN OF MINIDOKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Walcott West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	008S;009S	026E;026E			Idaho

Comments on the location information

AREA NOW COVERED BY LAKE WALCOTT BEHIND MINIDOKA DAM. LOCATION IS ESTIMATED IN LAKE AREA

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

GOLD IS FINE AND FLAKY. PLATINUM IS ASHY GRAY METALLIC PARTICLES FOUND IN THE AMALGAMATION OF GOLD (MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION), ABOUT SAME SIZE AS GOLD PARTICLES. SUPPOSEDLY 0.25 OZ OF PT IN POSESSION OF LEWEIS SWEETZER. SHANNON ATTRIBUTES ONE OF DAY'S SAMPLES TO MINIDOKA AREA - POSSIBLY THE ONES WE USED FOR BLACKFOOT AREA, WHICH MAY NOT CONTAIN PT.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Allanite	Ore
Augite	Ore
Garnet	Ore
Gold	Ore
Ilmenite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Olivine	Ore
Platinum	Ore
Zircon	Ore
Obsidian	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Lake Bonneville deposits.	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

General form	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Snake River Area

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MP00068

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SHANNON, E.V., 1922, MINERALOGY OF SOME BLACK SANDS FROM IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS USED FOR THEIR STUDY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, V. 60, ART. 3, 33 P.
Deposit

HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONIMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 271-294.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1990	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.