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Carrick Diggings Placer Mine

Past Producer in Adams 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070103
MRDS ID W012793
MAS/MILS ID 0160030040
Record type Site
Current site name Carrick Diggings Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names Carrick Diggins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5624, 45.11347 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position LOCATED 8 MILES UP BEAR CREEK FROM BEAR POST OFFICE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butterfield Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 002W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located 6 1/4 Mi E.N.E. Of Cuprum.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    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 > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5624, 45.11347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ancient Stream Coming Into Bear Creek From The East.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Rumored To Have Produced Several Hundred Thousand Dollars In Early 1900'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on development

  • Gold Is Located In Angular Fragments Of White Quartz. The Source Of The Gravel Is Undiscovered.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook. E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 9

  • Production

    Cook, E. F., 1954, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 97, 22 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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