Mine detail: Rock Creek Placer

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Location: Blaine County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.36656, -114.40091
dep_id: 10009150
mrds_id: D001845
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphene
Reporter: Parker, Raymond L.
References:
  • 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
  • Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL IDAHO BLACKSAND PLACERS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 17
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