Idaho · Idaho County
Producer

Elk City District

Idaho County, Idaho, United States
GoldREEMercuryPlatinumUraniumNiobium (Columbium)
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Description

Mose Milner

Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryREE, Mercury, Platinum, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium)
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Model85: Polymetallic veins119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSTREAM HYDRAULICS. THERE ARE NO TERTIARY GRAVELS EAST OF AMERICAN RIVER
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID60000947
MRDS IDM045479
Alternate namesCal-Idaho, Includes American Hill, Buffalo Hill, Tiernan Hill, French Gulch Placers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.81097, -115.43238
References
DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1197-1198.HUBBARD, C.R., 1955, A SURVEY OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105, P. 26.REID, R.R., 1960, PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE ELK CITY REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 121, 26 P.STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 16.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, P. 55.SAVAGE, C.N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 17, P. 130-136.REED, J.C., 1934, GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL OF THE NEZPERCE NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 40, P. 17-19.LORAIN, S.H., AND METZGER, O.H., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF PLACER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7023, P. 17-24.FLAGG, A.L., 1913, THE ELK CITY MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, V. 45, P. 113-122.ARMSTRONG, F.C., AND WEIS, P.L., 1957, URANIUM-BEARING MINERALS IN PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-C, P. 25-36.