Newsome and Leggett Creek Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10089255
MRDS ID	W015093
Record type	Site
Current site name	Newsome and Leggett Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-115.63158, 45.83567 (WGS84)
Elevation	1318
Relative position	5 OR 6 MI NE OF GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(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	007E	20		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Analytical data

Result	AVG AU CONTENT IN GRAVEL ABOUT 4 CENTS/CY

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
Rock unit name	Belt Supergroup
Rock description	Poorly Sorted Gravel With Clay Bands, Sand Lenses;Belt Supergroup-Gneiss

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-115.63158, 45.83567	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Dip 10 DEG N

Thickness 10.67M

Dip	10 DEG N
Thickness	10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Tenmile District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Nez Perce National Forest

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface

Overall length 609.6M

Overall width 182.88M

Type of workings	Surface
Overall length	609.6M
Overall width	182.88M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W015093
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	EC_493	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SHENON, P. J., AND REED, J. C., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ELK CITY, OROGRANDE, BUFFALO HUMP, AND TENMILE DISTRICTS, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS CIRC. 9, 89 P
Deposit

1934 RECON P. J. SHENON AND J. C. REED, CIRC.
Production

SHENON, P. J., AND REED, J. C., 1934, USGS CIRC. 9

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	650,000 CY

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1974	Miller, Pat J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.