Critical Minerals Factbook
Deposit

Bear Valley Monazite Placer District

Bear Valley Monazite Placer District is a deposit with published resource estimates in Idaho, recorded in the USGS USMIN rare earth element occurrence database (ver. 4.0, June 2019).

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 12, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Idaho, United States (44.427, -115.329 approx.)

Commodities: rare earth elements (in monazite); yttrium (in euxenite); tantalum (in euxenite); niobium (in euxenite); thorium; uranium

Published resource estimates

As compiled by USGS USMIN from the cited studies. Resource classes follow the source; "approximate" flags values USMIN reports as approximations. These are not current company reserve statements.

MaterialClassAmountGradeContainedAs ofReference
thorium oxide (ThO2)Unclassified≈30,800 t4.73111 percent1,280 metric tons ThJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17, Table 6 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
niobium oxide (Nb2O5)Unclassified2,210 t—1,550 metric tons NbJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
total rare-earth oxide (TREO)Unclassified16,200 t—16,200 metric tons TREOJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
zircon (ZrSiO4)Unclassified853.1 t—425.1 metric tons ZrJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
columbite (FeNb2O6)Unclassified1,370 t—754.1 metric tons NbJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
ilmenite (FeTiO3)Unclassified355,000 t—112,000 metric tons TiJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
uranium oxide (U3O8)Unclassified≈30,800 t4.34111 percent1,140 metric tons UJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17, Table 6 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.
garnetUnclassified79,500 t—79,500 metric tons garnetJan 1, 1980Staatz and others (1980), Page 17 — Staatz, M.H., Hall, R.B., Macke, D.L., Armbrustmacher, T.J., and Brownfield, I.K., 1980, Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 824, 32 p.

Record imported from USGS USMIN ver. 4.0 (June 2019). Developments after that date appear on facility records, not here; see the methodology.

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