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South Park Dredging Co.

Past Producer in Elmore 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070038
MRDS ID W007886
MAS/MILS ID 0160390741
Record type Site
Current site name South Park Dredging Co.
Alternate or previous names Elmore Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.25284, 43.62409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1 MI NE OF FEATHERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Featherville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 010E 03 NENESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/4 Mi Above S. Fork Boise R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result BULLION AVERAGES 738 FINE IN AU, 248 FINE IN AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.25284, 43.62409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
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 length 2011.63M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1928, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, ROCKY BAR QUADRANGLE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 39

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 2

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 39

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, HAILEY QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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