Raft River Placer Deposit

Past Producer in Cassia 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. 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 10305116
MAS/MILS ID 0160310038
Record type Site
Current site name Raft River Placer Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.27776, 42.62571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Walcott East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 S 027 E 25 SWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.27776, 42.62571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY WW 1946 IDAHO BUR MINES ANDGEOL PAMPH 72 P6

  • Deposit

    STALEY WW 1946 IDAHO BUR MINES ANDGLG PAMPH 68 P17 AND FIG 2

  • Deposit

    HILL,JM,1916,USGS BULL 620, P274 AND PLATE VII

  • Deposit

    TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR COUNTY 22209 OZS GOLD

  • Deposit

    SPRING BAR BANCROFT,DURANGO,SWEETZER,GW LISH CLAIMS IN THIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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.