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White Metal Prospect

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071478
MRDS ID W014894
Record type Site
Current site name White Metal Prospect
Related records 10217316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40957, 45.15238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 4.5 MI WNW OF BIG CREEK R.S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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 021N 009E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF S FORK OF SMITH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dark Manganese Stain

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ CONTAINS UP TO 6% WO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm
    Rock description Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40957, 45.15238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS, BLADES, VEINLETS
    Length 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Surfaces

Comments on the geologic information

  • KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF AGE OF QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, BELIEVING IT TO BE BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS HAD LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCK OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 47 - 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS CONSIST OF 3 SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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