Baldy Mtn. Tungsten Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070542
MRDS ID W013518
Record type Site
Current site name Baldy Mtn. Tungsten Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03312, 45.13769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 021E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BALDY MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached, Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03312, 45.13769

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leesburg Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dip Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP JOINTS FOUND ON NORTHEAST FLANK OF LEESBURG SYNCLINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSITS DO NOT CONTAIN COMMERCIAL AMOUNTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.