Slate Creek Placer

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Antimony, Zinc, Lead
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 10071247
MRDS ID W014524
MAS/MILS ID 0160370140
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60262, 44.19879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 17 MI E OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston 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 010N 016E 17 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 0.15% PB, 0.07% ZN, 0.02% SB
Result AVE AU SAMPLE VALUE: TRACE/C.Y.
Result RANGE OF BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE: 0.3 - 38.8 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) -114.60262, 44.19879

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 Acres, 100000 C.Y. Est. Volume.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-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.