McClure No. 2 Occurrence

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093554
MRDS ID W014357
MAS/MILS ID 0160370387
Record type Site
Current site name McClure No. 2 Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Copper Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87123, 44.26348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 5 1/4 MI NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(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

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 011N 014E 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87123, 44.26348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1956 Recon Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 108

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 375, P. 193.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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