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Thomas Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071531
MRDS ID W014974
MAS/MILS ID 0160490214
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-115.70098, 45.3082 (WGS84) 1768 3.5 MI NNW OF WARREN
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-115.71268, 45.30627 (WGS84) per IBMG

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 27 SWNENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Gravels .75 Mi From Where Thomas Creek Enters Warren Creek Valley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result IRREGULAR, SPOTTY, AND GENERALLY LOW VALUES OF AU IN ALLUVIUM
Result GRAVELS CONTAINED $0.75 / CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Bench Gravel
    Rock description Bench Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70098, 45.3082
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(2) -115.71268, 45.30627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gravel Composed Of Quartzite And Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7023

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Frank, Dave 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.

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