Monazite Group

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 10108916
MRDS ID FS00126
Record type Site
Current site name Monazite Group
Related records 10217952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48428, 44.28321 (WGS84)

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 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) -115.48428, 44.28321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Boise

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF SIX PLACER GROUPS INCLUDED IN MS 3549, CONTAINING 910 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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