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Cape Horn Creek Placer

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Thorium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290194
MAS/MILS ID 0160371058
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Horn Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Wandering Girl, Cape Horn, Old Cape Horn, Mountain Gem, Banner, Deer Lick, Junction

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.19375, 44.36548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2010
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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 012 N 011 E 16 SWNENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.19375, 44.36548
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-92, 1992, P. 50-66.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1992 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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