Mine detail: Payette River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.89797, -116.47068

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Platinum
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Columbia Plateau

References

MRDSM045482
DEP10038183
Reference{Deposit:: 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. 1195-1196.}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C.R., 1955, A SURVEY OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105, P. 27.}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C.N., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GEM AND PAYETTE COUNTIES: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 32-34.}{Deposit:: STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 10.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.