The Grouse Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.8319, -115.98280
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Grouse Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grouse Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Castle Creek 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: Nez Perce National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: D. Williams
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): Little More Than A Mile Below Mouth Of Castle Creek On S. Side S. Fk. Clearwater River
Comment (Workings): Development Consists Of A Single Pit At The Edge Of The River
Comment (Development): The Development Consists Of A Single Pit At The Edge Of The River From Which A Few Thousand Yards Have Been Washed. The Pit Is In Bench Gravel That Reaches As Much As 50 Feet Above The River. The Quartzitic Gneiss Bedrock At The Pit Is About 10 Feet Below The River Level. This Material Consists Of About 35 Feet Of Pourly Sorted Gravel And Boulders With A Sandy Matrix, Four Feet Of Sand, And 10 Feet Of Poorly Sorted Bouldery Material. According To Reports, The Principal Values Lie Below River Level In The Bottom Ten Feet Of Gravel. A Ditch About One Fourth Mile Long Leads Water From Grouse Creek To A Penstock, Whence It Is Fed To A Four Inch Giant. Values Ore Low So That Production Has Been Insignificant.
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, J. C., 1934, Gold-Bearing Gravel Of The Nezperce National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 40, P. 2
Reference (Production): Reed, J. C., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 40
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