The Bear Valley Placer is a niobium (columbium), tantalum, and uranium mine located in Valley 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, Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.34988, -115.41762
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Bear Valley Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Valley Placer
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Columbite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): 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 300
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1958, IDAHO PLACER IS SOURCE OF 99 PER CENT OF U. S. COLUMBIUM - TANTALUM OUTPUT, MINING WORLD, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 38 - 43
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17
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