Potential mineral resources, Payette National Forest, Idaho: Description and probabilistic estimation
<p>The Payette National Forest (PNF), in west-central Idaho, is geologically diverse and contains a wide variety of mineral resources. Mineral deposit types…
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Potential mineral resources, Payette National Forest, Idaho: Description and probabilistic estimation Author: Bookstrom, Arthur A. 0000-0003-1336-3364 abookstrom@usgs.gov, Johnson, Bruce R., Cookro, Theresa M., Lund, Karen 0000-0002-4249-3582 klund@usgs.gov Year: 1998 Category: Report Payette National Forest (PNF), in west-central Idaho, is geologically diverse and contains a wide variety of mineral resources. Mineral deposit types are grouped into locatable, leasable, and salable categories. The PNF has substantial past production and identified resources of locatable commodities, including gold, silver, copper, zinc, tungsten, antimony, mercury, and opal. Minor lignitic coal is the only leasable mineral resource known to be present in the PNF. Resources of salable commodities in the PNF include sand-and-gravel, basalt for crushed-rock aggregate, and minor gypsum.</ Tags: usgs, antimony deposits Idaho Source: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/0219a/pdf/of98-219a.pdf