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Boulder Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071179
MRDS ID W014426
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5614, 44.0519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 36 MI SSW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Chain Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 016E 3 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH NFS PAPER COPIES: (SCALE 1:126,720)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 32 SURFACE SAMPLES AND 12 UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AVG. 0.15% MOS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Biotite Granite
    Rock description Porphyritic Biotite Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5614, 44.0519
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Fuller, Jess Baker, Mrs. Wm. Baker

Comments on the workings information

  • 24 TRENCHES AND PITS, 3 SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO, H., ANDERSON, C. A., AND CREASEY, S. O., 1965, INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 1942 - 1960: USGS BULL. 1182 - E, 90 P

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON H. KIRKEMO AND OTHERS, BULL. 1182-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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