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Rare Find Wedge and Rare Find Group No. 1 Placer Claims

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089241
MRDS ID W015036
MAS/MILS ID 0160490797
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Find Wedge and Rare Find Group No. 1 Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.44958, 45.89347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 4.5 MI N OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lick Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 029N 008E 02,03 Idaho
Boise 030N 008E 28,33,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Claims Extend On American River From 1.5 Mi Above Whitaker Creek Up To W. Fk; Placer Plotted In Middle Of Claim, Section 34

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 > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Alluvium;Belt Supergroup-Biotite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.44958, 45.89347
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Economic information

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 Elk City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clair Johnson

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Placer Deposits Of The Elk City Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121, 26 P

  • Production

    Reid, R. R., 1960, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 121, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (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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