Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryPlatinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Augite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Olivine, Platinum, Zircon
GangueObsidian, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGravel
Tectonic settingSnake River Plains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10048481
MRDS IDMP00068
Alternate namesSweetzer-Burroughs Dredge
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.6713, -113.44143
References
SHANNON, E.V., 1922, MINERALOGY OF SOME BLACK SANDS FROM IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS USED FOR THEIR STUDY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, V. 60, ART. 3, 33 P.HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONIMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 271-294.