Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBAR DEPOSIT
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Sand & Gravel
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10070122
MRDS IDW012818
Alternate namesSnake River Placer
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.51722, -114.16
References
BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - GOLD, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 98.STALEY, W. W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P.KELLY, S. F., 1975, DIGEST OF REPORTS ON THE MURTAUGH PLACER, SNAKE RIVER, SOUTHERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT.HITE, THOMAS H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 28, NO. 3, P. 256 - 265.5) KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 120 - 140.1975 RECON IBMG OPEN-FILE REPT.STALEY, W. W., 1946: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P.KELLY, SHERWIN F., 1975: OPEN FILE REPORT