Pigtail Creek Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet, Iron, Uranium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071154
MRDS ID W014391
MAS/MILS ID 0160370553
Record type Site
Current site name Pigtail Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.74873, 44.09799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 12.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(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

Sawtooth 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 009N 015E 19 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Mouth of Pigtail Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result AVE AU SAMPLE VALUE: TRACE/C.Y.
Result RANGE OF BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE: 0.8 - 14.3 LB/C.Y.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.74873, 44.09799

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Pigtail Cr. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Churn Drilling

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 Acres, 260,000 Cy Est. Volume

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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