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Rock Flat Placer

Coordinates: 44°57′22″N 116°10′15″W / 44.95611°N 116.17083°W / 44.95611; -116.17083
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Rock Flat Placer
Location
Rock Flat Placer is located in Idaho
Rock Flat Placer
Rock Flat Placer
LocationMcCall
CountyAdams County, Idaho
CountryUnited States
Coordinates44°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

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  1. ^ "Rock Flat Placer, Meadows District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA". Mindat.org. Mindat. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. ^ "Rock Flat Placer, Meadows District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA". Mindat.org. Mindat. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. ^ "Rock Flat Placer". USGS.gov. USGS. 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.