The North Fork, Clearwater River is a gold mine located in Clearwater county, Idaho at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.5028, -116.31360
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North Fork, Clearwater River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork, Clearwater River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Clearwater
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT=$2.40/TON (0.048 OZ/TON, 1.6 PPM), AU=$3.31/TON (0.096 OZ/TON, 3.3 PPM) IN CONCENTRATES, CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN. GOLD IS ABOUT 860 FINE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS SMALL BUT EQUIDIMENSIONAL, SOME SMALL NUGGETS
Comment (Workings): HAND OPERATIONS, HYDRAULICKING, DREDGING
Comment (Location): MUCH OF RIVER WAS PROSPECTED FROM DENT TO NEAR MOSCOW BAR. THIS AREA IS NOW INUNDATED BY DWORSHAK RESERVOIR LOCATION GIVEN IS THE MILE 15 MARKER SOUTH OF DENT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01?
Comment (Production): 1,200 LB/DAY MINED IN 1905
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK OF COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT (ON THE WEST) UNDERLAIN BY SCHIST AND GNEISS. SOME SMALL ULTRAMAFIC BODIES ARE AROUND OROFINO, WHICH COULD PROVIDE A SOURCE OF PT
References
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1200-1201.
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W.W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., 1930, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34, P. 37-38.
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C.N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 17, P. 141-148.
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