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Home Stake Placer

Past Producer in Blaine 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070327
MRDS ID W013181
Record type Site
Current site name Home Stake Placer
Related records 10216517

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45447, 42.67351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position 12 MI. N.E. OF RUPERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 026E 05,06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 0.945 FINE AND APPROX. 1500 PARTICLES TO THE CENT (AT $35/OZ.)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock type qualifier Quartzite Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Quartzite Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lake Bonneville deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lake Walcott Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lane And Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDER WATER BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION OF MINIDOKA DAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 620-L, P. 271 - 294

  • Deposit

    1915 COMPILE J.M. HILL, BULL. 620-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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