Musselshell Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070261
MRDS ID W013054
Record type Site
Current site name Musselshell Creek Placer
Related records 10167947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.75711, 46.35181 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1 MI. SW OF MUSSELSHELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brown Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 035N 006E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • THE CREEK HAS BEEN WORKED FOR 8 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THIS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Thorium Secondary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Chromite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE GOLD
Result 3.3% THORIA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.75711, 46.35181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Musselshell District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    SHRADER, F. C., 1909, AN OCCURRENCE OF MONAZITE IN NORTHERN IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 430, P. 184 - 191.

  • Deposit

    1909 OTHER SHRADER, F. C., BULL. 430

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34

  • Deposit

    1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54

  • Deposit

    1961 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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