| Deposit ID | 10009150 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001845 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rock Creek Placer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.40091, 43.36656 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Blaine(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Magic Reservoir West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Wood(hydrologic unit)
Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Blaine |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphene | Ore |
| (1) | -114.40091, 43.36656 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001845 |
ROBERTSON, A. F., AND STORCH, R. M., 1955, ROCK CREEK RADIOACTIVE MINERAL PLACER AREA, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION TECH. REPT. RME - 3139, REPORT PREPARED BY U. S. BUREAU OF MINES
SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SPHENE CONTAINS APPROX. 0.45% (NB, TA)2O5 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Parker, Raymond L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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