Whitehawk

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Uranium
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108914
MRDS ID FS00123
Record type Site
Current site name Whitehawk
Related records 10120431, 10217928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58516, 44.27908 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehawk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore

Analytical data

Result MS 3549. PAT NO. 1226626

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58516, 44.27908

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF 6 GROUPS TOTALLING 910 ACRES INCLUDED IN MS 3549.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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