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Tyee Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, REE
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071455
MRDS ID W014855
MAS/MILS ID 0160490062
Record type Site
Current site name Tyee Placer
Alternate or previous names Tyee Mining Co. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39037, 45.72797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 10 MI. SOUTH OF ELK CITY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 028N 009E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brannerite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result JIG-BED SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.11% U. THE NONMAGNETIC, NONRADIOACTIVE SAMPLES HAD 0.2% NB. ABOUT HALF OF JIG-BED CONCENTRATE IS MAGNETIC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Stream Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Schist, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39037, 45.72797
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tyee Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Dredging Operation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Armstrong, F. C., And Weis, P. L., 1957, Uranium-Bearing Minerals In Placer Deposits Of The Red River Valley, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Bull 1046-C, P 25 - 3

  • Production

    Armstrong, F. C., And Weis, P. L., 1957, USGS Bull 1046-C, P 25 - 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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