Mine detail: Minidoka

Previously called 'Sweetzer-Burroughs Dredge'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.6713, -113.44143

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Allanite, Augite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Olivine, Platinum, Zircon
Gangue: Obsidian, Quartz
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

MRDSMP00068
DEP10048481
Reference{Deposit:: SHANNON, E.V., 1922, MINERALOGY OF SOME BLACK SANDS FROM IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS USED FOR THEIR STUDY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, V. 60, ART. 3, 33 P.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON THE FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONIMIC GEOLOGY 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 271-294.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.