Snake River Placer Deposits

Past Producer in Twin Falls county in Idaho, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184121
MAS/MILS ID 0160830015
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Placer Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.22649, 42.5502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1125
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Twin Falls(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Snake-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Twin Falls

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 S 019 E 16 E2NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Basalt (Pleistocene and Pliocene).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY WW,1946,IDAHO BUR MINES ANDGEOL PAMPH 72 P7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 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.