Bear Creek Bar Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zirconium, Garnet, Titanium
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071808
MRDS ID W015370
MAS/MILS ID 0160490833
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Bear Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10456, 45.52628 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 3 MI NW OF ROCKY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Hill(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 011E 03, 09, 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Placer Covers 4 Hectares With An Est. Volume Of 114,690 Cu. Meters Placer Material And Gold Values Ranging From Trace To 5.4 Cents Per Cu. Meter Based On $1.54 Per Gram In 1973.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result TRACE TO 4.1 CENTS AU/CY
Result GOLD VALUES BASED ON $47.85/TOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneissic And Granitic Gravels
    Rock description Gneissic And Granitic Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10456, 45.52628

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salmon River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. M. Gwartney And Others

Comments on the production information

  • Old Workings Present On Downriver End Of Bar, No Records Available.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 1.8 Lb Black Sands/Cy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., USGS Bulletin 1353 - C, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P. 46

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. 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.