Clear Creek Placers

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Titanium
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 10192929
MAS/MILS ID 0160150309
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.44125, 44.23208 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 008 E Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN SECS. 1, 2, 9-11, 16, 17, 19, 20, AND 30, T. 10 N., R. 8 E.; SECS. 25 AND 36, T. 10 N., R. 7 E.; AND SECS. 1, 12-14, 23, 26, AND 27, T. 9 N., R. 7 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.44125, 44.23208

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-93, 1993, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1993 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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