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Shamrock Placer

Occurrence in Idaho 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 10096344
MRDS ID W014936
MAS/MILS ID 0160490799
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40487, 45.72567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 7 MI SSE OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Butte(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 028N 008E 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40487, 45.72567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vira L. Powell

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1958, Shamrock Placer: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-NOV-1988 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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