Large Bar Placer

The Large Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 1,539 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

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Site Name

Primary: Large Bar Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Crooks Corral; Camp Howard

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

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Ownership

Owner Name: The Large Family

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater 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: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): Kings Mountain Group Consists Of Bedded Quartzite, Marble, Conglomerate And Schist; Marble Fine-Grained, Mostly Dark Bluish-Gray, Some Layers White ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Considerable Amount Of Marble Remains

Comment (Location): Quarry On Flood Plain Between Two Headwater Streams In Gently Rolling Terrain

Comment (Production): Quarry Size Indicates Production Was Small For Construction Stone And Agricultural Lime.

Comment (Development): In 1940'S Drill Holes Put Down Between This Quarry And Old Limestone Quarry Of Catawba County Or Powell Quarry, 1.3 Km To Ne; Holes Drilled About 90m And Still In Marble; Shows Marble Bed Continuous Between The Two Quarries

Comment (Workings): Small Quarry

Comment (Deposit): Quarry Filled With Water; Marble Occurs As Discontinuous Lenses

Comment (Commodity): Burnt For Agricultural Lime, Crushed For Construction Stone

References

Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: US Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 9

Reference (Production): Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938 , US Bur Mines Inf. Cir. 7023 , P. 79 - 91

Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 37.

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