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Northwest Gold Fields Company

Past Producer in Latah 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072061
MRDS ID W015887
Record type Site
Current site name Northwest Gold Fields Company
Related records 10241627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56183, 46.98176 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 8 MI NE OF HARVARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 002W 22,11,12,14,23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG N FK FROM WHITE PINE CR TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE N. FK OF PALOUSE AND THE PALOUSE (1.25 MI)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVG AU VALUE OF $0.18/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56183, 46.98176
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Discoverer Hoteling

Mining district

District name Hoodoo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Northwest Gold Fields Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 242.477HA

Comments on development

  • 280 ACRES PATENTED GROUND AND 6 PLACER CLAIMS; 4.5 FT BUCKET DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1955, OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 3, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, P. 10-11.

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Production

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 3 P.; { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 2, P. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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