Heise Gold Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073267
MRDS ID W019251
MAS/MILS ID 0160510064
Record type Site
Current site name Heise Gold Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69523, 43.63321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 13.5 MI SSE OF REXBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Idaho Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 040E 36 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69523, 43.63321

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gravel Bar

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Heise - Rigby Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Burlap Tables and Coarse Sand Flotation Machines Used For Dredging. Recovery Is Between 90 - 100 % .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Staley, W. W., 1945 , Fine Gold Of Snake River And Lower Salmon River, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 72 , 11 P

  • Deposit

    1916 Compile Hill, J. M., Bulletin 620

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7023

  • Deposit

    1945 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 72

  • Production

    Staley, W. W., 1945 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 72

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) 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.