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Steamboat Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089237
MRDS ID W014986
MAS/MILS ID 0160490048
Record type Site
Current site name Steamboat Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-115.72488, 45.25797 (WGS84)
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-115.72404, 45.25793 (WGS84) 1859 2.25 MI WSW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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 006E 09,16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Mouth Of Steamboat Creek To 1.5 Miles Upstream

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME GRAVEL CARRIED $0.50 AU/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.72488, 45.25797
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(2) -115.72404, 45.25793
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Gravel Composed Of Both Quartzite And Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Warren Creek Dredging Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Value Of Dredging $750,000.

Comments on development

  • Dredge Capacity 3500 Cy/Day

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-90 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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