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Gayhart Burns Placer Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089236
MRDS ID W014979
MAS/MILS ID 0160490220
Record type Site
Current site name Gayhart Burns Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81288, 45.23737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5.75 MI ESE OF BURGDORF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loon Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 005E 14,23 SWSE (14) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E Side Secesh Valley, Opposite Fernan Ranch

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 Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Glacial Moraine-Gravel, Boulders;Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81288, 45.23737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Gayhart Burns

Mining district

District name Resort District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gayhart Burns

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., 1940, Gold Placers Of The Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JUN-1996 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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