The Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend is a gold mine located in Bingham county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,475 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,475 Feet (1,364 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.1856, -112.38830
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Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend
Secondary: Welch Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bingham
District: Snake River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: LENSES, IRREGULAR STREAKS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT=$21.00/TON AND $5.40/TON, AU=$33.07/TON AND $405.55/TON AT 1.5 LB/TON TAILINGS AND CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN, RESPECTIVELY. FIRST ANALYSIS RECALCULATES TO 17 PPB PT, 8.6 PPM AU. GRAVEL CARRIED $0.55/YD AU. GOLD FINENESS ABOUT 880
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Zircon
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Deposit): TEXT IN SHANNON (1922) SUGGESTS THAT DAY AND RICHARDS (1906) DATA MAY IN FACT BE FROM MIMADOKA AREA RATHER THAN FROM BLACKFOOT AREA. ALSO, G.A. DESBOROUGH HAS FOUND ESSENTIALLY NO PT IN SANDS FROM IDAHO FALLS TO POCATELLO (ORAL COMMUN., 1988) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MILE MARKER 765 ON SNAKE RIVER AT BLACKFOOT. ALTERNATIVE LOCATION GIVEN IS SEC. 22T. 3 S., R. 34 E., 6.5 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BLACKFOOT
Comment (Production): GOLD GRADES AVERAGED AROUND $0.40-0.55/YD
Comment (Development): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CONDUCTED A METALLURGICAL STUDY OF AREA
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AND FINE GRAINED. GRAVELS WITH THE MOST GOLD ARE USUALLY CEMENTED WITH LIME
Comment (Workings): GROUND SLUICING. ATTEMPTS TO DREDGE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL
Comment (Commodity): 38 COLORS PER 12-IN. PAN; 258 COLORS VALUED AT $0.01
References
Reference (Deposit): FAHRENWALD, A.W., NEWTON, JOSEPH, STALEY, W.W., AND SHAFFER, R.E., 1939, A METALLURGICAL STUDY OF IDAHO PLACER SAND: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 51, 10 P.
Reference (Deposit): HITE, T.H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 28, P. 263.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 271-294.
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 24.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, P. 100.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1195-1196
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