The Deadwood Placer Deposit is a mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3867, -115.61360
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Deadwood Placer Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deadwood Placer Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Deadwood 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: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. F. Van Brocklin, George A. Williams
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 54 RANDOM SAMPLES: 9.92 LB BLACK SAND/C.Y
Analytical Data: 3.28 LB ILMENITE/C.Y.
Analytical Data: 4.57 LB. MAGNETITE/CY
Analytical Data: 0.45 LB GAR/C.Y.
Analytical Data: 0.09 LB ZR/C.Y.
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Gold
Ore: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: GRADES OF ILMENITE AND ACCESSORY MINERALS INDICATE DEPOSIT NOT OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
Comment (Deposit): 620 ACRES
Comment (Workings): ONLY DOWNSTREAM 15,000 FT TESTED; 10 CHURN-DRILLED HOLES, DEEPEST HOLE 40 FT, TOTAL OF HOLES 251 FT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): STORCH, R. H., 1958, ILMENITE AND OTHER BLACK - SAND MINERALS IN THE DEADWOOD PLACER DEPOSIT, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 5396, 15 P
Reference (Deposit): 1956 DIREXPL USBM. REPT. INV. 5396
Reference (Deposit): 1952 DIREXPL CONSUMNES GOLD DREDGING CO., USBM REPT. INV. 5396
Idaho Gold
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