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Fort Hall Bottoms Placers

Past Producer in Bannock 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105778
MRDS ID W015708
MAS/MILS ID 0160110012
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Hall Bottoms Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57504, 43.05551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 13.5 MI SW OF BLACKFOOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pingree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blackfoot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock
United States Idaho Bingham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S;003S 033E;034E 09 C C S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Extends From Junction Of Blackfoot And Snake Rivers To Mouth Of Portneuf River; Plot Is Approximate Because Deposit Also Is In T4s, R34e; T5s, R34e, T5s, R33e,

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL AVG. LESS THAN $0.01 AU/CY
Result SKIM BARS CARRY AT LEAST $0.65 FINE AU/CY AND AS MUCH AS $2-3/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravel, Clay, Sandy Loam
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel, Clay, Sandy Loam

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57504, 43.05551
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 38623.2M
    Width 11265.1M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Bars And Skim - Bars Of Present Stream

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Springfield Area

Land status

Ownership category Indian Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • 30,000 Acres

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J. M., 1915, Notes On The Fine Gold Of Snake River, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 620, P. 271-29

  • Deposit

    1915 Recon Hill, J. M., Bulletin 62

  • Production

    Hill, J. M., 1915, USGS Bulletin 620

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Idaho Falls Quad, Location No. 175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit In Terrace Gravel And Skim Bar; Deposit Width Varies From 0.25-7 Mi

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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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