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Quartz Creek Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070970
MRDS ID W014132
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Mine
Related records 10241585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46316, 44.98178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MI NE OF YELLOW PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 008E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF QUARTZ CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer E. F. Kissinger

Mining district

District name Profile District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. F. Kissinger

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 60wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10 - 15% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 13wt-pct

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WORK LIMITED TO PLACERING TALUS BELOW OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

  • Production

    COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY TRAIL IN 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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