The Gold Dust Sonny Placer is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,451 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,451 Feet (747 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5261, -115.31030
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Gold Dust Sonny Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Dust Sonny Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Salmon River Breaks Primitive 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: Nez Perce National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Washebaugh
Home Office: Arizona
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1957
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: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Black Sands Average 0.7 Lb/Cy
Comment (Location): On A Moderately Steep Slope Between White Water Ranch & Salmon River Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Production): Evidence Of Old Placer Workings Exists
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Samples Contain Less Than 1 Cent Gold/Cy Of Gravel.
Comment (Deposit): Contains 16.5 Acres
Comment (Workings): 3 Old Pits; 3 Trenches Dug
Comment (Geology): Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater ( 1973 , USGS Bulletin 1304 ) Labels Weis' Calc - Silicate Rocks As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith
References
Reference (Deposit): Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bull 1353-C, P 52 - 5
Reference (Production): Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 36
Reference (Deposit): IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., V.E. Mitchell, Et Al, 1981.
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