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Martin Creek Placer

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Titanium, Uranium, Thorium, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093556
MRDS ID W014390
MAS/MILS ID 0160370439
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72873, 44.13519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 12 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 015E 05 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Mouth of Martin Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Sphene Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sands, Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Sands, Gravels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72873, 44.13519
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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 Unorganized District; Martin Cr. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Churn Drilling

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Volume of Minable Gravel Containing Significant Concentrations of Valuable Minerals Small

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Williams, P. L., 1961, Glacial Geology Of Stanley Basin: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 123, 29 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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