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Smith Creek Hydraulic Co. Placer

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Titanium
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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 10089273
MRDS ID W015419
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Creek Hydraulic Co. Placer
Alternate or previous names Pebble Claim
Related records 10217544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.31036, 45.15488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1.8 MI NE OF BIG CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 13,14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI UPSTREAM ON SMITH CREEK FROM BIG CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Staurolite Ore

Analytical data

Result IN 17 MILLION CY, AVG ABOUT 10 CENTS AU/CY, AVG BLACK SANDS 2.2 LB/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Clay To Boulders;Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Alluvium-Clay To Boulders;Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.31036, 45.15488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, LENSES, STRINGERS
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Guy And Ernest Heath

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Smith Creek Hydraulic Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 15000 CY MATERIAL MOVED IN OPERATION; ITEM 8 ABOVE, GOLD AT $20/OZ.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 ABOVE IS IN AREA ABOVE PLACER CREEK; ITEM 2 REFERS TO AREA BETWEEN PLACER CREEK AND BRIDGE AT PLACER CREEK MOUTH; ITEM 3 REFERS TO MOUTH OF SMITH CREEK AND EXTENDING 1 1/2 MI DOWN BIG CREEK; THESE AVERAGE 10 CENTS AU/CY.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 15,000 CY MATERIAL MOVED IN 1921-1922

Comments on development

  • 80 OR MORE PLACER CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: GOLD VALUES BASED ON $47.85/TOZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED TO BE 17 MILLION C.Y.

Reporter information

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

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