Mine detail: Jordan Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.38659, -114.72653

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet, REE, Zirconium, Uranium, Silver
Ore: Brannerite, Euxenite, Garnet, Zircon
Gangue: Augite, Hornblende
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1873

Production

Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium
Host type:Alluvium
Structure:Idaho Batholith
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW014191
MAS160370168
DEP10071011
Reference{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, P. 105}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Property, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 466, P. 215.}{Deposit:: 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 162}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile USBM, 1974 Mining Activity List}{Production:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol., Pamphlet 126, P. 105}
ReporterYett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat, McHugh, Edward L.