Rare Earth Occurrence

Unknown in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cesium, Mercury, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144862
MRDS ID W014217
MAS/MILS ID 0160850532
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Earth Occurrence
Related records 10071029

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.24906, 44.88958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018 N 010 E 17 N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cesium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.24906, 44.88958

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, 1968, USGS PROF PAPER 600-B, PG 48-51.

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL.

  • Deposit

    REFER TO CRIB # WO14217.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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.