Phi Kappa Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Zinc
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089166
MRDS ID W013643
Record type Site
Current site name Phi Kappa Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.20341, 43.83906 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 13 1/2 MI NE OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phi Kappa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 019E 22,21,16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. SIDE OF PHI KAPPA CANYON 1 1/2 MI S OF SUMMIT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Augite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Prehnite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Phi Kappa Form.-Argillite, Quartzite, Shale, Limestone
    Rock description Phi Kappa Form.-Argillite, Quartzite, Shale, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.20341, 43.83906

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, ISOLATED GRAINS
    Strike NNW
    Dip 65 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Alto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 472.44M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, THREE TUNNELS, ONE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR - BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B. AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1955 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1895, REDISCOVERED 1925

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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