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Gold Point and Eagle Bend Placer

Past Producer in Bingham 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 10071896
MRDS ID W015656
MAS/MILS ID 0160110013
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Point and Eagle Bend Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48364, 43.14461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Relative position 7.25 MI WSW OF BLACKFOOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moreland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blackfoot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bingham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003S 034E 21 NWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W Of Snake River 0.75-1 Mi Above Mouth Of Blackfoot River-Plot Is Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL CARRIES ABOUT $0.40 AU/CY THROUGHOUT
Result SOME CEMENTED GRAVELS CARRY $2 AU/CY IN THIN LENS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blackfoot Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J. M., 1915, Notes On The Fine Gold Of Snake River, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 620, P. 271-294

  • Deposit

    1915 Recon Hill, J. M., Bulletin 62

  • Production

    Hill, J. M., 1915, USGS Bulletin 620

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 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.

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