Mine detail: Feather River Placer

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.68848, -115.29204
dep_id: 10093488
mrds_id: W013637
mas_id: 160390088
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: REE
Trace mineral: Titanium, Iron, Silver, Garnet, Gold, Zirconium
Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Reporter: Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)
hrock_unit: Alluvium-Sand, Gravel
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: Sorenson, R., 1937, Minerals From Certain Placer Deposits In Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, B. S. Thesis, 22 P
  • Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Propsects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad.
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