Deadwood Placer

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Niobium (Columbium)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009149
MRDS ID D001843
Record type Site
Current site name Deadwood Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.61456, 44.38658 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernard Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.61456, 44.38658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STORCH, R. H., 1958, ILMENITE AND OTHER BLACKSAND MINERALS IN THE DEADWOOD PLACER DEPOSIT, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 539

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY A MINOR OCCURENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.