Bear Valley

Bear Valley

Placer, alluvial rare earth element deposit in Idaho/Valley County, United States

Deposit type: Placer, alluvial

REE minerals: monazite, euxenite, loparite, xenotime, fergusonite

Ore minerals: ilmenite, magnetite, garnet, zircon, samarskite, columbite

Gangue minerals: quartz

Host rock types: fluvial sands, gravel

Average grade: 0.0155% mon or 0.010% REO

Status: Small past producer

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Resource estimates: Total production of 10,000 t REO

109.9 Mt @ 0.0155% mon or 0.010% REO (1982)

Includes Porter placer.

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