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Dicks Creek Placer

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zirconium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072132
MRDS ID W015992
Record type Site
Current site name Dicks Creek Placer
Related records 10241208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.34292, 46.64316 (WGS84)
Elevation 817
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI NNW OF OROFINO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldermand Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 038N 001E 11,09,10,15,16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -116.34292, 46.64316
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orofino Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, P. 3

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 5

Reporter information

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

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