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Porter Placer

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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 10079117
MRDS ID W028026
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Placer
Related records 10159565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47651, 44.28099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 31 MI WNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cache Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 008E 14,15,10,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER PART OF BIG MEADOW IN BEAR VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47651, 44.28099
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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 Bear Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Porter Brothers ( 1956 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, D., AND MACKIN, J. H., 1970 , QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF LONG AND BEAR VALLEYS, WEST-CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1311-A, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM 602: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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