Carrico Placer

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10105787
MRDS ID W015875
Record type Site
Current site name Carrico Placer
Related records 10290695

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80493, 46.99847 (WGS84)
Elevation 911
Relative position 6.75 MI NE OF POTLATCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 004W 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF GOLD CREEK IN PICNIC GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 952 PARTS PER THOUSAND FINE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80493, 46.99847

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Carrico Family

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. P. Shattuck

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 51 - 52.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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