Mine detail: Elk Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.28928, -115.05984

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium-Sand, Gravel
Host type:	Gravel,Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	W014515
MAS	160370544
DEP	10071240
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:: 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open - File Rept}{Deposit:: U.S. Geol. Survey Bulletin 1545-E, 1986, Table 37, P. 467; Map No. 4, Plate 3.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 9-92, 1992, P. 50-66.}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Van Noy