Mine detail: Rock Flat Placer

Previously called 'RubyBoise'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.93657, -116.16878

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Corundum
Tertiary: Gemstone, REE, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium
Ore: Chromite, Corundum, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Platinum, Zircon

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Gneiss, Schist;Alluvium-Gravel
Host type:Gravel,Schist
Associated rock:Granite;Dike-Basaltic Tuff
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSW028018
MAS160030061
DEP10079112
Reference{Deposit:: Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1951 , Note On The Occurrence Of Corundum In Idaho: American Mineralogist, V. 36 , No. 9 - 10 , P. 776 - 778 .}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1907 , Sapphires In Idaho: The Mining World, V. 26 , P. 449 .}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1907 , Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906 , 172 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1913 , Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912 , 190 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1914 , Fifteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1913 , 225 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1905 , Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1904 , 139 P.}{Deposit:: Shannon, E. V., 1926 , The Minerals Of Idaho: U.S. National Museum Bulletin 131 , P. 46 .}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)