The Frank E. Wilson Ranch is a gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.92556, -115.47417
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Frank E. Wilson Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frank E. Wilson Ranch
Secondary: Hammett
Secondary: Possibly Brown's Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Snake River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU:PT=2-3,000:1. GOLD FINENESS=954. GRADES ARE AROUND 0.0024-0.121 OZ/YD (40 PPB-2.1 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, J.B., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 95.
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, PT. 1 P. 100.
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 24.
Reference (Deposit): HITE, T.H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 256-265.
Idaho Gold
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