Vre Non Placer

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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 10070802
MRDS ID W013898
MAS/MILS ID 0160390627
Record type Site
Current site name Vre Non Placer
Alternate or previous names Vernon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03423, 43.8543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 6 MI. NE OF ATLANTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 012E 15, 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Vre Non Placer Located At Junction Of Mattingly And La Moyne Creeks. It Covers 1.4 Hectares. Panned Gravel Samples And Main Pit Samples Contained 1.3 And 7.8 Cents Gold Per Cubic Meter, Respectively.
  • Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PANNED SAMPLES OF CREEK GRAVEL CONTAINED $0.01 AND $0.06 AU/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03423, 43.8543

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer A. B. Vre Non

Mining district

District name Leggit Creek - La Moyne Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Caved Test Pits, 1 Trench

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Work Discontinued Because Of Large Boulders

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319 - D, 174 P

  • Deposit

    1970 Other T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319 -

  • Production

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, USGS Bulletin 1319 - D

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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