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Hell Roaring Creek Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093557
MRDS ID W014421
MAS/MILS ID 0160370450
Record type Site
Current site name Hell Roaring Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95033, 44.03549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 13.5 MI S. OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cramer(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)

Sawtooth 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 013E 08,09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Topaz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result TRACE AMOUNTS MO FOUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.95033, 44.03549
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Hell Roaring Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., 1963, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Sawtooth Range: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 129, 37 P

  • Deposit

    1963 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 129

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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