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Horseshoe Bar Placer

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079172
MRDS ID W028112
MAS/MILS ID 0160490855
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Gold Eagle Dredging Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2857, 45.66407 (WGS84)
Elevation 468
Relative position 6.5 MI S OF WHITE BIRD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 027N 001E 23,24 SESWNW (24) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Just N Of Large Bar On W Side Of Salmon R. District Name Changed From Camp Howard To Crooks Corral About 1930.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2857, 45.66407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crooks Corral; Camp Howard

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Bedford

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 10 To 50 Ft Overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Us Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 91

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: Us Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 9

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-78 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-JUN-78 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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