Mine detail: Bear Valley Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.37071, -115.40178

Resource(M)

Primary:	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Uranium
Tertiary:	Radium, Thorium, Titanium
Ore:	Columbite, Euxenite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Tantalite, Zircon

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvium
Host type:	Alluvium
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite;Pegmatite, Aplite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite

References

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)