| Lat / long: | 44.37071, -115.40178 |
| Primary: | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Uranium |
| Tertiary: | Radium, Thorium, Titanium |
| Ore: | Columbite, Euxenite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Tantalite, Zircon |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Placer |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1955 |
| Host rock: | Alluvium |
| Host type: | Alluvium |
| Associated rock: | Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite;Pegmatite, Aplite Dikes |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| MRDS | W014380 |
| DEP | 10105706 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1958.}{Deposit:: DAYTON, S. H., 1958, RADIOACTIVE BLACK SAND IS YIELDING COLUMBITE CONCENTRATE AT IDAHO MILL: MINING WORLD, MAY, 1958.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, JANUARY, 1958.}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, METAL FROM BLACKSANDS: SELECTED TECHNOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC DATA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 10, 34 P.}{Deposit:: 1961 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 1}{Production:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF CIRC. 10, P. 18.} |
| Reporter | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) |