The Grand View Placer is a gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,349 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: 2,349 Feet (716 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.98444, -116.07389
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Grand View Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand View Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Garnet
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Rough Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD RAN ABOUT $1.40/YD AND IS 900 FINE
Materials
Ore: Martite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS ON EAST END OF GOLD ISLE EAST OF GRAND VIEW SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Commodity): PT IDENTIFIED BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF PLACER MATERIAL
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AND FINE GRAINED. THERE IS A LODE SILVER MINE NEARBY.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, PT. 1, P. 100.
Reference (Deposit): SORENSON, ROYAL, 1937, MINERALS FROM CERTAIN PLACER DEPOSITS IN IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, B.S. THESIS, P. 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPNLET 68, FIG. 24.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, PL. 7, P. 271-294.
Reference (Deposit): FAHRENWALD, A.W., NEWTON, JOSEPH, STALEY, W.W., AND SHAFFER, R.E., 1939, A METALLURGICAL STUDY OF IDAHO PLACER SAND: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 51, 10 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHANNON, E.V., 1922, MINERALOGY OF SOME BLACK SANDS FROM IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS USED FOR THEIR STUDY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, V. 60, ART. 3, 33 P.
Idaho Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Idaho" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Idaho. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Idaho.
