The Williams Creek Placer is a gold and ree mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,749 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: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, REE
Lat, Long: 44.0933, -114.83940
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Williams Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Williams Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: REE
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Unorganized District; Williams Creek Placer
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: Prospect
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: White Cloud Peaks
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: USBM SAMPLES FOUND MONAZITE VALUES OF FROM 1 TO 4 LB/C.Y.
Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLES TAKEN FROM BOTH GOLD AND WILLIAMS CREEKS AVG. TRACE AU/C.Y. AND HAD A RANGE OF 1.0 - 46.5 LB BLACK SAND/C.Y., WITH AVG. OF 0.89 LB MONAZITE/C.Y., 3.5 LB ILMENITE/C.Y., 0.2 LB ZIRCON/C.Y., AND 0.34 LB NIOBIUM - TANTALUM/C.Y.. SAMPLES FROM USBM HOLES AND TRENCHES AVE 33 LB BLACK SAND/C.Y.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): See Gold Creek, No. 350
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 9.5 Million Yards of Gravel; Item 2 Estimate For Both Gold and Williams Creek.
Comment (Workings): Churn Drilling, Backhoeing - 32 Holes, 13 Trenches Total For Gold and Williams Creek
Comment (Deposit): 12524000 C.Y. Est. Volume By Tschanz For Both Gold Creek and Williams Creek Placers.
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): Williams, P. L., 1961, Glacial Geology Of Stanley Basin: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 123, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 Direxpl USBM, USGS Open - File Report
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull. 1545e, P. 467, Pl. 3, No. P. 25
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