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Tyson Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073416
MRDS ID W019487
MAS/MILS ID 0160090011
Record type Site
Current site name Tyson Placer
Alternate or previous names Tyson Consolidated, Mammoth, Gold Nugget

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43793, 47.11016 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 14.5 MI SE OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fernwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 043N 001W 03 Idaho
Boise 044N 001W 34,35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Tyson Cr, Within .5 Mi Of State Land Which Includes Sec 35 And 36 , T 44 N, R 1 W
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 47-6-35N 116-26-33W (47.10972 -116.4425); UTM N5217300 E542300 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 043N;044N, RNG 001W;001W, Sect 03;34,35, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 60 CENTS TO $5 / PAN IN COARSE NATIVE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Slate;Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43793, 47.11016
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camas Cove District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tyson Consolidated Min. And Mlg. Co

Comments on development

  • 200 Acres

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907 , Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906 , P. 87 - 8

  • Deposit

    1907 Compile Idaho Mine Inspector'S 8 Th Ann. Rept. For 190

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Depth And Width Of Gravel Bed Given Above. Gold - Quartz Veins Up To 15 Ft Wide In The Area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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