Heavy Mineral Placer

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Zirconium, Aluminum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110349
MRDS ID W001329
Record type Site
Current site name Heavy Mineral Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00097, 44.99988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Aluminum Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00097, 44.99988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TENS OF MILLIONS OF TONS WITH 5-10% TIO2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STORCH AND HOLT 1963 U. S. BU. MI. R. I. 6319

  • Reserve-Resource

    ILMENITE 45% TIO2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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