Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlMost Of Gold Is Near Bedrock Or In Joints Or Shallow Depressions In Bedrock
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gravel,Sand and Gravel · Alluvium-Gravels;Alluvium-Gravels, Sands, Clays
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1869
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10070830
MRDS IDW013932
Alternate namesLoon Creek Hydraulic Placer Co., Casto Bar, Oro Grande Bar, Grouse Creek Placer
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.58408, -114.83264
References
Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74Yinger, M.A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 - 96 .Sibbett, B.S., 1976 , Geology Of The Northeast Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 100 - 104 .Ross, C. P., 1934 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854 , 135 P.Bell, R. N., 1907, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 73-74.Bell, R. N., 1912, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 99.Moore, F. C., 1909, Eleventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 49.U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 10, No. 8, P. 175; Fig. 25, P. 173.Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.