Patricia Ann Occurrence

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Garnet
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071002
MRDS ID W014175
MAS/MILS ID 160370403
Record type Site
Current site name Patricia Ann Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6556, 44.2786 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 4 MI ENE OF SUNBEAM, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 015E 14 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On the Ridge W of Peach Creek; NW of Peach Creek Tungsten Group

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF EPIDOTE - ALLANITE ZONE SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, CERIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6556, 44.2786

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Idaho Batholith And The Wood River Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Wayne Cleutis

Mining district

District name Robinson Bar District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wayne Cleutis

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, R., 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-02-01 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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