Payette Placer

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Uranium, Thorium, Zirconium, 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. 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 10096325
MRDS ID W014430
Record type Site
Current site name Payette Placer
Related records 10265357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14904, 44.10408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 13 MI SW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edaho Mountain(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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009N 011E 02,11,14,23,26,35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 36 ALSO INCLUDED LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Garnet Ore
Zircon Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PLACER DEPOSITS (HOLES 1 - 12) SHOW 0.0320 LBS/CY NB2O5, 0.0015 LBS/CY TA2O5
Result 0.0004 LBS/CY U3O8. SAMPLES FROM HOLES 13 - 15 AVG. 0.156 LBS/CY NB2O5 AND 0.007 LBS/CY U3O8. PLACER MATERIAL SAMPLES FROM HOLES 13, 14, 15 RANGED 13 - 18 LBS CONCENTRATES PER CUBIC YARD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Sand, Gravels, Boulders
    Rock description Alluvium-Sand, Gravels, Boulders

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Redfish Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rare Metals Corp. Of America Has Lease
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ward Hill, Rich Knoblock, Joseph Davis, Andrew Murray

Comments on the workings information

  • 17 HOLES FROM 40-177 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL RARE METALS CORP. OF AMERICA, USGS BULL. 1319-D.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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