Mine detail: Dismal Swamp Placer Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

43.72928, -115.37014

Resource(M)

Primary:	Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary:	Titanium, Tantalum, Uranium
Ore:	Anatase, Cassiterite, Columbite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Rutile, Xenotime, Zircon
Gangue:	Feldspar, Quartz, Topaz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Placer
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium-Sand And Gravel
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Granitic Rocks
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W013682
MAS	160390043
DEP	10089169
Reference	{Deposit:: Armstrong, F. C., 1957, Dismal Swamp Placer Deposit, Elmore County, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1042 - K, P. 383 - 392.}{Deposit:: Parker, R. L., 1964, Mineral Resources - Niobium And Tantalum, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Rept. No. 1, P. 142.}{Deposit:: 1951 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 91}{Deposit:: 1956 Compile Mackin, J. H., Prof. Paper 300}{Deposit:: 1957 Recon Anderson, F. C., Bulletin 1042 - K.}{Deposit:: 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1}{Deposit:: Savage, C. N., 1961, Economic Geology Of Central Idaho Blacksand Placers, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Bulletin 17}{Production:: Parker, R. L., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1}
Reporter	Parker, Raymond L., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)