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Quartz Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070304
MRDS ID W013140
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Placer
Related records 10168450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.8332, 46.54317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 4 MI. N.W. OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaype(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 037N 005E 21,16,09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES DOWN QUARTZ CR. AND 1 1/2 MILES UP TRAIL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

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) -115.8332, 46.54317
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pierce City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATOR RECOVERS 94% OF THE VALUES (1940)

Comments on development

  • A STEEL FLOATING DREDGE (1940) WITH A CAPACITY OF 2500 YDS PER DAY

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

    1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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