Warren Meadows Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Garnet, REE, Iron, Zirconium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071460
MRDS ID W014862
MAS/MILS ID 0160490216
Record type Site
Current site name Warren Meadows Placer
Alternate or previous names China Cut

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70238, 45.28047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1.5 MI. NW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 03 Idaho
Boise 023N 006E 27,34 E2 (34) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Flat - Floored Piedmont Basin North Of Confluence Of Warren Cr. And Steamboat Cr...Plotted In Section 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Garnet Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Minerals Present In Black Sands

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Zircon Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Sand And Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Quartzite, Gneiss, Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70238, 45.28047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Warren Meadows Is An Extensive Alluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Gold Dredging Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Garnet Produced From Dredged Monzonite Concentrates; Total Value Of Au, Ag Between $750000 - $1000000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 77.7HA

Comments on development

  • Dredge Capacity 5000 Cy/Day

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Koschmann, A. H., And Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing Districts Of The United States: USGS Prof Paper 610, P 133

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65p.

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    1968 Compile A. H. Koschmann And M. H. Bergendahl, Prof. Paper 610

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Ic 7023, 1938, P. 44-45, 76-79.

  • Production

    Items 8, 10, Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45; Item 9, Minobras, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-JAN-1994 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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