Mine detail: Rocky Bar

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.69068, -115.29314

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Platinum
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Platinum
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1862

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gravel,Granite
Tectonic:Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSM045488
DEP10038187
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:: Ballard, S.M., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar Quadrangle: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 26, P. 17, 22-26.}{Deposit:: Staley, W.W., 1946, Gold In Idaho, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 68, P. 19, Fig. 15.}{Deposit:: Savage, C.N., 1961, Economic Geology Of Central Idaho Blacksand Placers: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 17, P. 71-75.}{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, P. 47.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Fisher, Fred S.