Mine detail: Willis Diggings

Previously called 'Willis Placers'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.28018, -114.94094

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury, Silver
Ore: Amalgam, Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium-Gravel, Sand
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel

References

MRDSM055221
MAS160370363
DEP10040439
Reference{Deposit:: Bailey, E.H., USGS, Personal Files.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920 , A Reconnaissance In South Central, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3 , 23 P.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974 , Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Report, 648 P.}{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul State Of Idaho Pamphlet No 126 P 116}{Deposit:: Bell, R.N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P 100-101}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974 , USGS Open - File Report, P. 627}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Bergquist, Joel R.