The Warren Meadows Placer is a gold and silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.2806, -115.70140
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Warren Meadows Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warren Meadows Placer
Secondary: China Cut
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Garnet
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zirconium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Warren 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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Idaho Gold Dredging Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1862
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): Flat - Floored Piedmont Basin North Of Confluence Of Warren Cr. And Steamboat Cr...Plotted In Section 3
Comment (Commodity): Minerals Present In Black Sands
Comment (Production): Garnet Produced From Dredged Monzonite Concentrates; Total Value Of Au, Ag Between $750000 - $1000000
Comment (Development): Dredge Capacity 5000 Cy/Day
Comment (Geology): Warren Meadows Is An Extensive Alluvial Plain
References
Reference (Deposit): Koschmann, A. H., And Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing Districts Of The United States: USGS Prof Paper 610, P 133
Reference (Deposit): Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras
Reference (Deposit): Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65p.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Ic 7023, 1938, P. 44-45, 76-79.
Reference (Production): Items 8, 10, Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45; Item 9, Minobras, 1975
Reference (Deposit): 1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Compile A. H. Koschmann And M. H. Bergendahl, Prof. Paper 610
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