Rare Earth Occurrence

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071029
MRDS ID W014217
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Earth Occurrence
Related records 10144862

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.24906, 44.88958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 4.5 MI. E. OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 010E 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Monazite Ore
Rhabdophane Ore
Zircon Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Supergene Processes

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.24906, 44.88958

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 1.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, J. W., 1968, RHABDOPHANE FROM A RARE-EARTH OCCURRENCE, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 600-B, P. B48 - B51

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON ADAMS, J. W., PROF. PAPER 600-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RHABDOPHANE OCCURS IN BANK OF ROADCUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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