Mine detail: Orofino Creek Placer

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Location: Clearwater County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.49987, -115.876
dep_id: 10106567
mrds_id: W013055
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat
hrock_unit: Alluvium
hrock_type: Alluvium
disc_yr: 1857
discr: Jack Lassier
References:
  • Deposit:: STALEY, W. W., 1940, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54, 6 P.
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1904, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE ACROSS THE BITTERROOT RANGE AND CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS IN MONTANA AND IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 27, 123 P.
  • Deposit:: THOMSON, F.A., AND BALLARD, S.A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 7, 123 P.
  • Deposit:: 1904 RECON LINDGREN, W., PROF. PAPER 27
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 7
  • Deposit:: 1940 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 54
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