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Schissler Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071529
MRDS ID W014970
MAS/MILS ID 0160490208
Record type Site
Current site name Schissler Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Cook Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.72658, 45.32267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.75 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 023N 006E 16,21 E2NW (21) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • References Report This Prospect In Sec. 16. The Warren 7.5-Min. Topo Map Shows Tailings On Schissler Creek In Sec. 21. This Record Is Plotted On These Tailings.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL RUNS ABOUT $0.07 - $0.17 AU/YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.72658, 45.32267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Pit On 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 1857

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. A. Baker, Edna Hardy, Dick Slocum

Comments on the production information

  • In 1934 $2000 Of 800 Fine Gold Was Produced From 12,000 Cubic Yards Of Gravel.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Large Pit; 4000 Cy Sluiced

Comments on development

  • 11 Unpatented Claims, 1000 Ft Long Ditch, 4-Inch Hydraulic Giant, Reservoirs ; Econ.Com: By July Schissler Creek Flow Not Great Enough To Supply Water For Continuous Operation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 65 P

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, D. 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-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-OCT-1990 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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