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Gold Dust Sonny Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071471
MRDS ID W014883
MAS/MILS ID 0160490821
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust Sonny Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.31127, 45.52598 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position 12.5 MI NW OF CHAMBERLAIN AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitewater Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(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

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 025N 009E 01,11,12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On A Moderately Steep Slope Between White Water Ranch & Salmon River Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Black Sands Average 0.7 Lb/Cy

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium-Sand And Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Calc-Silicate Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.31127, 45.52598
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater ( 1973 , USGS Bulletin 1304 ) Labels Weis' Calc - Silicate Rocks As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Harry Washebaugh

Mining district

District name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Washebaugh
    Home office Arizona
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Old Pits; 3 Trenches Dug

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Samples Contain Less Than 1 Cent Gold/Cy Of Gravel.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bull 1353-C, P 52 - 5

  • Production

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 36

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., V.E. Mitchell, Et Al, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Contains 16.5 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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