The Thorpe Placer is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.2564, -115.83170
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Thorpe Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thorpe Placer
Secondary: Royal
Secondary: Toler and Thorpe
Secondary: Toler
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Zirconium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Resort 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Surface
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BLACK SANDS CONTAIN 40% GARNET, 10% MAGNETITE, 20% MONAZITE, 0.1% AU, 10% CORUNDUM, 5% ZIRCON, 10% CINNABAR, 5% ILMENITE
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Corundum
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Tertiary Beds Dip Sw And Are The Bedrock; Gravel Consists Of Granite, Quartzite
Comment (Location): Sw Side Secesh River About .5 Mile S. Of Mouth Of Grouse Creek
Comment (Development): Worked By Hydraulic Methods
References
Reference (Deposit): Sorenson, R., 1937, Minerals From Certain Placer Deposits In Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, B. S. Thesis, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S. R., 1940, Gold Placers Of The Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52, 43 P.
Reference (Production): Capps, S. R., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 52.
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