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Lake Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Thorium
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10071525
MRDS ID W014965
MAS/MILS ID 0160490601
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.94458, 45.32657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 3.75 MI NNW OF BURGDORF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgdorf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(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 023N 004E 14,15,22,23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .25 Mile From E Side Lake Creek 4 Miles By Road N. Of Burgdorf

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.94458, 45.32657
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Deepest Pits (50 Ft) Failed To Reach Undecomposed Bedrock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Burgdorf District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Creek Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Carrey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.689HA
    Overall length 402.33M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • Excavations Total 560000 Cy

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Could Be Mined Profitably Again With Modern Means

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Gold Placers Of The Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P.

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-JAN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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