The Rock Creek Placer is a niobium (columbium), tantalum, and ree mine located in Blaine county, Idaho.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE
Lat, Long: 43.36667, -114.40000
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Rock Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: REE
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphene
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SPHENE CONTAINS APPROX. 0.45% (NB, TA)2O5
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, A. F., AND STORCH, R. M., 1955, ROCK CREEK RADIOACTIVE MINERAL PLACER AREA, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO, U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION TECH. REPT. RME - 3139, REPORT PREPARED BY U. S. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17
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