Mine detail: Idol City Placers

Previously called 'Trout Creek PlacersTrout Creek Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.77791, -118.89411

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Uranium, Mercury

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1891

Geology

References

MRDSM054940
DEP10040242
Reference{Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 100.}{Deposit:: PARKS, H. M. AND SWARTLEY, A. M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 273}{Production:: PARKS AND SWARTLEY}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.