The Carrico Mine and Placer is a gold mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,959 Feet (902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.99222, -116.80528
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Carrico Mine and Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carrico Mine and Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Blackfoot (Gold Hill) 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. P. Shattock
Owner Name: Lawrence Paul, Arthur P. Gillian
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized, Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON E FK GOLD CREEK
Comment (Development): 25-TON FLOTATION MILL, POWER PLANT
Comment (Workings): PLACER, OPEN CUTS OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED FT, 2 SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 45 - 46.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.
Reference (Production): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.
Idaho Gold
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