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Bear Valley

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Thorium, 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. 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 10169198
MRDS ID FS00122
MAS/MILS ID 0160850271
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Valley
Alternate or previous names Central Bear Valley, Big Meadows, Lower Bear Valley
Related records 10022700

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.48765, 44.29348 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 011 N 008 E 10 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN T11N R8E SECS 10,15,22,23& 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Glacial deposits.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REFER TO CRIB # FS0122.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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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