Mormon Bend Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet, Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10071242
MRDS ID	W014518
MAS/MILS ID	0160371038
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mormon Bend Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.84173, 44.26179 (WGS84)
Elevation	1875
Relative position	6 MI NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(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	011N	014E	20	SWSE	Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

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

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)	-114.84173, 44.26179	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Buried Stream Channel

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	Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Challis National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W014518
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_495	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160371038	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Production

Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P.
Deposit

Vannoy And Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 467, Pl. 3, No. P10

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	EST. VOL. 355000 C.Y.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	01-MAR-1995	McHugh, Edward L.	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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