Mine detail: Little Casino Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.24048, -114.85873

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: REE, Iron, Zirconium, Garnet, Titanium
Ore: Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Sphene, Zircon
Gangue: Fluorite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium-Sands, Gravels
Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW014359
MAS160371039
DEP10071130
Reference{Deposit:: Tschanz, C.M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 3, 23 P.}{Deposit:: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 120.}{Deposit:: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, 1986, P. 467; No. P11, Plate 3.}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1924, USGS O.F. Rept., P. 626}
ReporterMcHugh, Edward L., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)