The Vre Non Placer is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.85441, -115.03330
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Vre Non Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vre Non Placer
Secondary: Vernon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Leggit Creek - La Moyne Creek Area
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: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1966
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PANNED SAMPLES OF CREEK GRAVEL CONTAINED $0.01 AND $0.06 AU/C.Y.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho.
Comment (Location): Vre Non Placer Located At Junction Of Mattingly And La Moyne Creeks. It Covers 1.4 Hectares. Panned Gravel Samples And Main Pit Samples Contained 1.3 And 7.8 Cents Gold Per Cubic Meter, Respectively.
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Work Discontinued Because Of Large Boulders
Comment (Workings): 2 Caved Test Pits, 1 Trench
References
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319 - D, 174 P
Reference (Deposit): 1970 Other T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319 -
Reference (Production): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, USGS Bulletin 1319 - D
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad
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