Northwest Gold Fields Company

The Northwest Gold Fields Company is a gold mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Northwest Gold Fields Company

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Hoodoo 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: Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Northwest Gold Fields Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1860
Discovery Method: Unknown
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 Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVG AU VALUE OF $0.18/CY

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG N FK FROM WHITE PINE CR TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE N. FK OF PALOUSE AND THE PALOUSE (1.25 MI)

Comment (Development): 280 ACRES PATENTED GROUND AND 6 PLACER CLAIMS; 4.5 FT BUCKET DREDGE

References

Reference (Production): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 3 P.; { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 2, P. 10

Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1955, OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 3, 3 P.

Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, P. 10-11.

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

Reference (Deposit): FAICK, J. N., 1937, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 52.

Reference (Deposit): 1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

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