Mine detail: Tyceska Gold Mining Co.

Previously called 'King HillSnake River PlacerBaker Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.98959, -115.18342

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium, Platinum
Ore: Gold, Ilmenite
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:Snake River Plains

References

MRDSM045486
MAS160390725
DEP10098384
Reference{Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., 1969, Geology Of The Platinum Metals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, P. 95.}{Deposit:: Hite, T.H., 1933, Fine Gold And Platinum Of Snake River, Idaho: Economic Geology, V. 28, P. 256-265.}{Deposit:: Ross, C.P., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Of The State: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57, P. 100.}{Deposit:: Staley, W.W., 1946, Gold In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 68, Fig. 24.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al., Twin Falls Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)