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Upper Grimes Cr. Monazite Deposit

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011555
MRDS ID D006563
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Grimes Cr. Monazite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Dessie D, Star, Morning, And Midnight Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87735, 43.92544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ALONG GRIMES CREEK BETWEEN PIONEERVILLE AND CENTERVILLE IDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 005E 16;21;28;29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.87735, 43.92544
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Grimes Creek

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Centerville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. K. Anderson
    Home office Boise, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner S. K. Anderson
    Home office Boise, Id.
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • VALLEY WAS DREDGED FOR GOLD AND LATER TESTED BUT NOT DREDGED FOR MONAZITE

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND LATER CONSIDERED FOR MONAZITE POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE, WA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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