Mine detail: Kelley Creek Placer

Previously called 'Kelly Creek Placer'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.27158, -114.92654

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Uranium, Mercury, REE, Zirconium, Titanium
Ore:	Brannerite, Cinnabar, Euxenite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Sphene
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Placer
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium
Host type:	Alluvium
Structure:	Idaho Batholith, Fault Zone Striking N 65 Deg E

References

MRDS	W014161
MAS	160370385
DEP	10070994
Reference	{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 374, P. 193.}
Reporter	Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat, McHugh, Edward L.