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Biggs Ranch Placer

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium
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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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070928
MRDS ID W014072
Record type Site
Current site name Biggs Ranch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79734, 44.71408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 10 MI ESE FROM LITTLE CREEK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falconberry Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 014E 23 NWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF BIGGS RANCH, 2.7 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM FALCONBERRY RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE AU AND MAXIMUM OF 1.1 LB BLACK SAND/CY.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79734, 44.71408
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dr. J. Hatch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P, P. 205.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 27 ACRES, 780,000 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

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