The Vaught - Columbite Mine is a mica and niobium (columbium) mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Niobium (Columbium)
Lat, Long: 44.01306, -115.92194
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Vaught - Columbite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vaught - Columbite Mine
Secondary: Columbite
Secondary: Peck
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Unorganized District; Wash Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Glass, Kenneth Steck
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 3 MI. S. OF S. FK. PAYETTE RIVER; CREST OF RIDGE BETWEEN WASH CR & HORN CR
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT
Comment (Development): 25 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, PITS
Comment (Deposit): 3 PEGMATITES, MICA BOOKS 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER
References
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 41
Reference (Deposit): 1955 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105 {{ 4) 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1
Reference (Production): LESURE, F. G., 1964, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 124.
Reference (Deposit): 5) HUBBARD, C.R., 1955 , A SURVEY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105 , 56 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO., USGS PROF. PAPER 229
Reference (Deposit): 1950 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C. JR., 1951, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME IDAHO FELDSPAR DEPOSITS: IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPH 91, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): LESURE, F. G., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - MICA AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE MINERALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 123-133.
Reference (Deposit): STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 16 - 17
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