Mine detail: Frank E. Wilson Ranch

Previously called 'HammettPossibly Brow* Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.92545, -115.4751

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium, Platinum
Ore: Gold, Ilmenite
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Snake River Plains

References

MRDSM045484
DEP10038185
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 95.}{Deposit:: HITE, T.H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 256-265.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: STALEY, W.W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, FIG. 24.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.