Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsColumbite, Euxenite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107754
MRDS IDD001844
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.34988, -115.41762
References
MACKIN, J. H., AND SCHMIDT, D. L., 1956, URANIUM - AND THORIUM - BEARING MINERALS IN PLACER DEPOSITS IN IDAHO, IN PAGE, L. R., ET AL, COMPILERS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF URANIUM AND THORIUM BY THE U. S. G. S. AND A. E. C. FOR THE U. N. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 300MINING WORLD, 1958, IDAHO PLACER IS SOURCE OF 99 PER CENT OF U. S. COLUMBIUM - TANTALUM OUTPUT, MINING WORLD, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 38 - 43SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17