Lower Ramey Meadows Placer

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Titanium, REE, Zirconium, Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071684
MRDS ID W015204
MAS/MILS ID 0160490622
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Ramey Meadows Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.18926, 45.26848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 12 MI NE OF BIG CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lodgepole Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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)

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 022N 010E 02, 11, 12 N2 (12) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gold Was Not Detected In Samples.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG BLACK SANDS 13.0 LB/CY
Result ILMENITE FRACTION AVG 25% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.18926, 45.26848

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 142 P

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 70 Acres; 1,695,000 Cy

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-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.