Wolframite Mine

Past Producer in Butte 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071894
MRDS ID W015652
MAS/MILS ID Surface
Record type Site
Current site name Wolframite Mine
Alternate or previous names Independence Claims, Blizzard Mountain Hubnerite, Nelson Tungsten Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67148, 43.5002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2850
Relative position 21 MI SW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 023E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The Crest Of A Ridge Overlooking Head Of Lava Creek; About 200 Yd Nw Blizzard Mtn Triangulation Monument

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mn Stains
  • (Local) Sericite
  • (Local) Chlorite
  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67148, 43.5002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, VEINLETS, BUNCHES
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip NW
    Length 12.19M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Alteration entry: Mn Stains, Sericite, Chlorite, Oxidation
  • Original Ore Control entry: Brecciated Zone At Contact Of Granite And Limestone And Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, S. O.
    First year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • Item 8 Totaled 20 Sacks . Production Is For 1916 Or 1917 .

Comments on development

  • Deposit Named Independence Claims By Livingston (1919)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Livingston, D. C., 1919, Univ. Idaho Bulletin 2, V. 14

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits In South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., 1919, Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin 2, V. 14.

  • Deposit

    Lemmon, D.M. And Tweto, O.L., 1962, USGS Map; Mr-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit Dips Steeply Nw And Also Se From 60-70 Deg

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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