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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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White Arrow Hot Spring (Occurrence)Gem Location Opal (Occurrence)Geothermal Location (Occurrence)Geothermal Location (Occurrence)Tschannen Warm Spring (Occurrence)Boulder Hill Placer (Past Producer)Geothermal Location (Occurrence)Hot Sulfur Lake + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Snake River Placers + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Clover Creek Diatomite Deposit (Past Producer)Chalk Mine (Past Producer)Geothermal Location (Occurrence)Red Dot Mercury Claim (Occurrence)Cinder Deposit (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Snake River Placers

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Gold) and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 3 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Gold. Minerals mentioned: Gold. Approx. location 42.809, -114.929. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

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Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

5
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Cinders 1

Commodities

Geothermal 8Gold 4Diatomite 2Volcanic Materials 1Gemstone 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsCindersOccurrence42.918, -114.771
Snake River PlacersGold—Past Producer42.809, -114.929
Geothermal LocationGeothermal—Occurrence43.023, -115.009
Hot Sulfur LakeGeothermal—Occurrence43.047, -114.931
Gem Location OpalGemstone—Occurrence43.074, -114.996
Red Dot Mercury ClaimGold—Occurrence43.190, -114.788
Brown PlacerGold—Past Producer42.802, -114.926
Geothermal LocationGeothermal—Occurrence43.033, -114.995
Geothermal LocationGeothermal—Occurrence43.052, -114.915
Clover Creek Diatomite DepositDiatomite—Past Producer43.117, -114.901
Boulder Hill PlacerGold—Past Producer42.916, -114.981
Geothermal LocationGeothermal—Occurrence43.048, -114.953
White Arrow Hot SpringGeothermal—Occurrence43.137, -115.071
Geothermal LocationGeothermal—Occurrence43.067, -114.879
Tschannen Warm SpringGeothermal—Occurrence43.036, -114.985
Chalk MineDiatomite—Past Producer43.092, -114.869

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Gooding County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Camas County · Twin Falls County · Elmore County · Blaine County · Jerome County

Idaho mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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