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Robbins Creek Placer

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, Titanium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079162
MRDS ID W028098
MAS/MILS ID 0160490865
Record type Site
Current site name Robbins Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02432, 45.42848 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 14 MI E OF RIGGINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(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 024N 003E 12,13 NWSESE (12) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Thorium Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Armstrong, F. C., 1964 , Mineral Resources - Uranium, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1 , P. 233 - 23

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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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