Warren Meadows Placer

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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Mine Info

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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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