The American Gold Dredging Mine is a gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,240 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: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.8914, -116.64110
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American Gold Dredging Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Gold Dredging Mine
Secondary: Meadow Creek Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Steele 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: American Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $43600 AU 1928 - 1931
Comment (Development): 18 PLACER CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): PLACER GOLD EXTRACTED FROM STREAM BED
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, W. P., 1965, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 59 P.
Reference (Deposit): SALMAN, D.S.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF TRIANGLE QUADRANGLE AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 65 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 DIREXPL AMERICAN GOLD DREDGING CO
Reference (Production): GERRY, C. N., AND MILLER, T. H., 1934 , USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 , PT. 1 , METALS, P. 459 - 460.
Idaho Gold
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