Idaho · Owyhee County
Past Producer

Grand View Placer

Owyhee County, Idaho, United States
GoldIronZirconiumREETitaniumPlatinumGarnet
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryIron, Zirconium, REE, Titanium, Platinum, Garnet
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Martite, Monazite, Platinum, Rutile, Xenotime, Zircon
Geology
Host rockAlluvium · Alluvium
Tectonic settingSnake River Plains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10089543
MRDS IDW027341
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.98432, -116.07484
References
SORENSON, ROYAL, 1937, MINERALS FROM CERTAIN PLACER DEPOSITS IN IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, B.S. THESIS, P. 18-19.ROSS, 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, PT. 1, P. 100.STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPNLET 68, FIG. 24.HILL, J.M., 1915, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, PL. 7, P. 271-294.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.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.