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Bowman Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE, Mica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096321
MRDS ID W014398
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Prospect
Related records 10265847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.92156, 44.04178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 15 3/4 MI W SW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(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 008N 004E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI UP E SIDE WASH CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granite Pegmatites;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Granite Pegmatites;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.92156, 44.04178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG E
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Wash Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1951, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME IDAHO FELDSPAR DEPOSITS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 91, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F. G., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - MICA AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE MINERALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 123 - 133.

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 91

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SECOND PEGMATITE 3 FT WIDE STRIKES N 58 DEG W, DIPS 46 DEG N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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