Glenns Ferry

The Glenns Ferry is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Glenns Ferry
Secondary: Snake River Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Idaho
County: Elmore
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Placer
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: GOLD FINENESS=954. GRADES ARE AROUND 0.0024-0.121 OZ/YD. AU:PT=2-3,000:1

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Flour Gold - Mostly Thin Flakes. Pt Identified Bymicroscopic Examination Of Black Sand And By Qualitative Chemical Test. Pt Is Smaller And More Uniform Than Gold. "Platinum Is Present Only In Very Minor Amounts" (Hite, 1933)

Comment (Location): Probably Near Mouth Of Rosevear Creek. Location Given Is Mouth Of Rosevear Creek

Comment (Development): May Also Have Been Part Of Tyceska Placer Operation (See M045468)

Comment (Deposit): Gold Is Irregularly Distributed

Comment (Workings): Attempts To Dredge Were Unsuccessful

References

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., 1969, Geology Of The Platinum Metals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, P. 95.

Reference (Deposit): Hite, T.H., 1933, Fine Gold And Platinum Of Snake River, Idaho: Economic Geology, V. 28, P. 256-265.

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): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al., Twin Falls Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series

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