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Meadow Creek Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105603
MRDS ID W013051
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Creek Placer
Related records 10289594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13127, 46.9032 (WGS84)
Elevation 1204
Relative position 4 MI NE OF HORNET POINT AND 14 1/2 MI NE OF KELLY FORKS RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chamberlain Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North 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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 010E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS 6 MI UPSTREAM FROM THIS LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 860 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13127, 46.9032
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 9655.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    GREENWOOD, W. R., AND MORRISON, D. A., 1967, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE SELWAY - BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 18, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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