Ebeneezer Placer

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, REE, Zirconium
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070504
MRDS ID W013464
Record type Site
Current site name Ebeneezer Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51514, 45.30458 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 20 MILES NW. OF COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Tom Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 017E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UPSTREAM FROM EBENEEZER CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVEL CONTAINS BLACK SANDS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUES WERE $0.02 - $0.11/C.Y. EXCEPT FOR LAYER OF PEBBLY SAND WHICH AVG. $0.50/C.Y

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sand, Gravel;Alluvium-Sand, Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Sand, Gravel;Alluvium-Sand, Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51514, 45.30458

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A CAVED SHAFT AND SEVERAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE EVIDENCE AT OLD PLACER ACTIVITY

Comments on development

  • WORK CONSISTED OF RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING & GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W., PINCKNEY, D.M., & STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CLEAR CREEK - UPPER BIG DEER CREEK AREA, CONTIGUOUS TO THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1391-C, P. 30

  • Deposit

    1972 OTHER CATER, F.W., & PINCKNEY, D.M., BULL. 1391-C

  • Deposit

    1972 OTHER USBM, USGS BULL. 1391-C

  • Production

    CATER, F.W., PINCKNEY, D.M., & STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1975, USGS BULL. 1391-C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA CONTAINS ABOUT 68,000 C.Y. OF GRAVEL. AREA OF PLACER IS 4 ACRES AREA OF PLACER IS 4 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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