The Placer Basin Mine is a gold mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.1158, -116.61560
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Placer Basin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Placer Basin Mine
Secondary: Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): Mine Closed In 1941. Peak Period Of Production Was 1935 - 37. 25 - Ton Cyanidation Plant.
Comment (Location): On Bear - Black Lake Road. Between Bear P. O. And Smith Mtn.
Comment (Production): Value Of Ore In 1937 Was $125,000; In 1936, $45,000.
Comment (Workings): A 600 - Foot Inclined Shaft And 6 Levels Composed The Mine, Which Is Now Caved.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C. And Laney, F. B., 1920, Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 35.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1.
Reference (Deposit): 1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamphlet 97.
Reference (Production): Cook, E. F., 1954, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 97, 22 P.
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