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Mccoy Creek Placer Ii

Past Producer in Bonneville 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073287
MRDS ID W019290
Record type Site
Current site name Mccoy Creek Placer Ii
Alternate or previous names Sage, Janet, Ken, Hard Luck Groups

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33271, 43.14322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6.25 MI NE OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Elk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003S 045E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LOCATED ALONG MCCOY CREEK; LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAGE GROUP RAN ABOUT $ 6 AU/CY GRAVEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33271, 43.14322
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Coy Creek Mutual Mining Association ( 1960 )

Comments on development

  • 22 CLAIMS, INCLUDING THE SAGE, JANET, KEN, AND HARD LUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5, 108 P

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO.

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

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