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Gold Lake Placer

Past Producer in Power 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089129
MRDS ID W013197
MAS/MILS ID 0160770077
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Lake Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18166, 42.63161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 19 MI. SW. OF AMERICAN FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Power(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gifford Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Power

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 028E 16,21,15 NWNE (21) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On N. Side Of River., Adjacent To Rescue And Gold Field Placers.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 0.945 FINE AND APPROX. 1500 PARTICLES TO THE CENT (AT $35/OZ.)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock type qualifier Quartzite Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Quartzite Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18166, 42.63161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Lake Walcott Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J. M., 1915, Notes On The Fine Gold Of Snake River, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 620-L, P. 271 - 294

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines and Prospect Of The Pocatello Quad, 9182, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-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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