Mine detail: Snake River Placers

Location:	Owyhee County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long:	42.92572, -115.47287
dep_id:	10070131
mrds_id:	W012832
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
conc_proc:	Snake River Flooding Concentrates Gold In Bends, On Bars, Etc.
Reporter:	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat
hrock_unit:	Sand & Gravel
hrock_type:	Sand and Gravel
disc_yr:	1862
References:	Deposit:: BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - GOLD, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 98. Deposit:: STALEY, W. W., 1946, GOLD IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P. Deposit:: STALEY, W. W., 1946, FINE GOLD OF SNAKE RIVER AND LOWER SALMON RIVER, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 72, 10 P. Deposit:: HITE, THOMAS H., 1933, FINE GOLD AND PLATINUM OF SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 28, NO. 3, P. 256 - 265. Deposit:: 5) KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, P. 120 - 140. Deposit:: 1946 COMPILE IBMG PAMPHLET 68 Deposit:: 1946 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 72 Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IBMG SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1, P. 98. Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, PROF. PAPER 610 Production:: STALEY, W. W., 1946: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 68, 30 P.