Idaho · Bingham County
Producer

Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend

Bingham County, Idaho, United States
GoldPlatinumTitanium
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum
TertiaryTitanium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES, IRREGULAR STREAKS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Platinum, Zircon
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Tectonic settingSnake River Plains
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10038179
MRDS IDM045478
Alternate namesWelch Bar
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.18551, -112.38914
References
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. 1195-1196ROSS, C.P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, P. 100.STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 24.HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 271-294.HITE, T.H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 28, P. 263.FAHRENWALD, A.W., NEWTON, JOSEPH, STALEY, W.W., AND SHAFFER, R.E., 1939, A METALLURGICAL STUDY OF IDAHO PLACER SAND: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 51, 10 P.