Sack Creek Placer

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Garnet, Gold, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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 10241853
MAS/MILS ID 0160850636
Record type Site
Current site name Sack Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.45125, 44.34428 (WGS84)
Elevation 2031
Location accuracy 100(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 012 N 009 E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SEC. 30.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-93, 1993, P. 80-81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-1993 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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