Jordan Creek Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Zirconium, Garnet, REE, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071011
MRDS ID W014191
MAS/MILS ID 0160370168
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72653, 44.38659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 8 MI. N OF SUNBEAM, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 015E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • The Lower 1 1/4 Mi of Jordan Cr Was Drag-Lined 1948 - 1950

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Most of the Placer Ground On Jordan Creek Has Been Worked Once; Some Remaining Ground Is Rich.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brannerite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Garnet Ore
Zircon Ore
Augite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72653, 44.38659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer John L. Morrison
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. L. Anderson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jason Vaught

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Was Approximately $233,000 In 1948 - 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • Mining In 1948 - 1950 Was By Drag-Line.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, P. 105

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Property, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 466, P. 215.

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 162

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile USBM, 1974 Mining Activity List

  • Production

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol., Pamphlet 126, P. 105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit Extends 4.5 Miles Upstream (North) From Mouth

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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