Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070868
MRDS ID W013987
Record type Site
Current site name Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect
Related records 10241739

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.27986, 44.90018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2576
Relative position 3 MI E OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 019N 011E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF MONUMENTAL CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhabdophane Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite;Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite;Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite, Schist, Calcareous Rock
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite, Schist, Calcareous Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.27986, 44.90018

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Contact Between Challis Volcanics And Yellowjacket Form.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer U. S. Geol. Survey

Mining district

District name Thunder Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellow Hills Mining Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 43000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 0.0036 wt-pct REE Trace 1973

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THICK SOIL COVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOCHEM

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL YELLOW HILLS MINING CO., USGS BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

  • Reserve-Resource

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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