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Columbite Mine

Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009153
MRDS ID D001848
Record type Site
Current site name Columbite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91763, 44.01655 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 004E 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91763, 44.01655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1951, A RECONNAISANCE OF SOME IDAHO FELDSPAR DEPOSITS, WITH A NOTE ON THE OCCURENCE OF COLUMBITE AND SAMARSKITE, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 309 LB. CRYSTAL OF COLUMBITE WITH AN OUTER ZONE OF SAMARSKITE WAS FOUND WITH A 100 LB. SAMARSKITE CRYSTAL IN 1950 IN THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE

Reporter information

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

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