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Horse Shoe Placer

Past Producer in Boise 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10090082
MRDS ID W007629
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Shoe Placer
Related records 10143718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90426, 44.05128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3 MI NW OF GRIMES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 005E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI BELOW GRIMES PASS POWER PLANT ON S. SIDE OF RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bench Gravels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. T. Birdwell

Comments on the production information

  • 8 MONTHS OPERATION OVER 4 YEARS IN THE 1930S.

Comments on the workings information

  • AU RECOVERED BY GROUND - SLUICING AND HAND SHOVELING INTO SLUICE BOXES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O. H., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING IN BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7028, P. 21

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON USBM, INF. CIRC. 702

  • Production

    METZGER, O. H., 1938, US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7028, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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