Mine detail: Moose Creek Placer

Previously called 'Mullan PlacerMcNutt'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.30795, -114.04398

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1896

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium-Gravels
Host type:Gravel,Shale,Sandstone

References

MRDSW013502
MAS160590040
DEP10070532
Reference{Deposit:: Bergendahl, M. H., 1964, Mineral Resources - Gold, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 93 - 101.}{Deposit:: Hornbein, J., 1917, Idaho Placer Operations: Eng. Mining Jour., V. 103, No. 2, P. 95 - 96.}{Deposit:: Lorain, S.H., And Metzger, O.H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P.}{Deposit:: Sturm, F.H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 63 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology and ore deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho; USGS Bulletin 528, 182 p.}{Production:: Hornbein, J., 1917, Eng. Mining Jour., V. 103, No. 2. Lorain, S.H., And Metzger, O.H., 1939, USBM Inf. Circ. 7082}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)