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Rock Flat Placer

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Rock Flat Placer
Location
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LocationMcCall
CountyAdams County, Idaho
CountryUnited States
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 44°57′22″N 116°10′15″W / 44.95611°N 116.17083°W / 44.95611; -116.17083
Production
ProductsGold, Corundum

The Rock Flat Placer is a small placer deposit in central Idaho which is part of the Meadows Mining District.[1] It is known to produce gold, corundum, garnet, zircon, monazite, chromite, ilmenite, magnetite, platinum, topaz, and spinel.[2][3] Additionally, it is known to produce the occasional diamond, but the last one found was in the 1920s.[4]

References

  1. "Rock Flat Placer, Meadows District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA". Mindat. https://www.mindat.org/loc-140253.html. Retrieved 2020-02-17. 
  2. "Rock Flat Placer, Meadows District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA". Mindat. https://www.mindat.org/loc-140253.html. Retrieved 2020-02-17. 
  3. "Rock Flat Placer". USGS. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10079112. Retrieved 2020-02-17. 
  4. Ream, Lanny R. (1989). Idaho Minerals (1 ed.). Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: L.R. Publishing. pp. 163–164. ISBN 0-928693-03-1. 





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