Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryREE, Iron, Zirconium, Garnet, Titanium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlBuried Stream Channel; Fissures In Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsGarnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Sphene, Zircon
GangueFluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGravel,Sand and Gravel · Alluvium-Sands, Gravels
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10071130
MRDS IDW014359
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.24048, -114.85873
References
Tschanz, C.M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.Umpleby, J.B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 3, 23 P.Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 120.U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, 1986, P. 467; No. P11, Plate 3.Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1924, USGS O.F. Rept., P. 626