The Gold Creek Placer is a gold and ree mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, REE
Lat, Long: 44.115, -114.84470
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Gold Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: REE
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Unorganized District; Gold 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: White Cloud Peaks
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES TAKEN EVERY 5 FT IN DRILL HOLE EXCEED 1 LB MONAZITE/CY IN DISCONTINUOUS BEDS 3 - 20 FT THICK. RANDOM SAMPLES TAKEN FROM BOTH GOLD AND WILLIAMS CREEKS AVG. TRACE AU/CY AND RANGED FROM 1.0 - 46.5 LB BLACK SAND/CY WITH AVG. OF 0.89 LB MONAZITE/CY, 3.5 LB ILMENITE/CY, 0.2 LB ZIRCON/CY, 0.34 LB NIOBIUM-TANTALUM/CY. SAMPLES FROM USBM HOLES AND TRENCHES AVG. 33 LB BLACK SAND/C
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): See Williams Creek, No. 351
Comment (Workings): Drill Holes, Trenches
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 3,000,000 C.Y. Mineable Gravel; Item 2 Estimate For Both Gold and Williams Creek.
References
Reference (Deposit): Williams, P. L., 1961, Glacial Geology Of Stanley Basin, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 123, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 Direxpl USBM, USGS Open - File Report.
Reference (Deposit): 1961 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 123
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 467, Pl. 3, No. P25
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