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Gaffney Placer

Occurrence in Clearwater 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089307
MRDS ID W015932
Record type Site
Current site name Gaffney Placer
Related records 10240805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.18911, 46.48237 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI E OF OROFINO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 002E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TWO MI OF OROFINO CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result EST 20 - 30 CENTS/CY AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand And Gravel
    Rock description Sand And Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.18911, 46.48237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pierce District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gaffney Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905, P. 94 - 95

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE 7TH ANN. REPT. OF STATE MINE INSPECTOR FOR 190

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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