Vaught - Columbite Mine

The Vaught - Columbite Mine is a mica and niobium (columbium) mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

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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

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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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