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California Bar Placer

Occurrence in Lemhi 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089248
MRDS ID W015054
Record type Site
Current site name California Bar Placer
Related records 10168788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15623, 45.17069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 4 MI SSW OF LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jureano Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N;021N 019E;020E 12;06,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NAPIAS CREEK FROM .25 MILE BELOW PHELAN CREEK TO 3.25 MILES UPSTREAM; DEPOSIT ALSO IN T 22N, R 20 E, SECT. 31, 32; IS PLOTTED IN T 21 N, R 20 E, SECT 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15623, 45.17069
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 213.36M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Calbar Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S. H., AND METZGER, O. H., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING DISTRICTS IN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM INF. CIRC. 7082, 81 P

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON USBM INF. CIRC. 708

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION YARDS OF DREDGABLE GROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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