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Big Sand Creek

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119518
MAS/MILS ID 0160490767
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sand Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -114.56156, 46.32678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jeanette Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lochsa(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)

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 034 N 015 E 15 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 200 FT. ABOVE JUNCTION OF BIG SAND AND DUCK CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -114.56156, 46.32678
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN PROP FILE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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