Mine detail: Shell Creek Placer

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Location

Lat / long:

45.30128, -114.54234

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	REE, Zirconium, Iron
Ore:	Magnetite, Zircon

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pre Belt-Schist And Gneiss;Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
Host type:	Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	W014867
MAS	160590051
DEP	10071463
Reference	{Deposit:: Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P 35 - 36}{Production:: Cater, F. W., Pinkney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, USGS Bulletin 1391-C.}
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)