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Walton Moly

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094406
MRDS ID D006764
MAS/MILS ID 0160370650
Record type Site
Current site name Walton Moly
Alternate or previous names Little Falls Creek Prospect, Walton Prospect, Anda Group, Anda Walton Moly Group, Walton Molybdenite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25921, 43.86019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 2.3 MI N10E OF TRAIL CR. SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Roll Canyon(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 018E 13 NENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On the NE Facing Slope Above Little Falls Cr. The Little Falls Creek Deposit (W013644) Is To the NE, Across the Creek, But Recent Claims On That Property Probably Extend Over the Walton Claims.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TEN SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1942 SHOWED .10 TO 1.91 % MOS2 WITHIN TWO SMALL MINERALIZED ZONES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Phi Kappa Formation
    Rock description Phi Kappa Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25921, 43.86019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-30W
    Dip 90
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Narrow Aplite Dikes Are Common and At Times They Grade Into the Quartz Monzonite. Phi Kappa Fm Crops Out Within 1000 Ft of the Mineralized Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Spring District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lee Walton
    Home office Idaho Falls, Id.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • Only A Few Prospect Cuts Were Present In 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS Bulletin 1182e, P. 55-58.

  • Deposit

    USGS Bulletin 814, 250 P.

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS., Spokane, Wa

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, P. 208-210.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Lower Prospect Consists of Veins and Veinlets Up To 2 Ft. Wide In A 300 Ft By 8-12 Ft Zone, Upper Prospect Veins Are Up To 3 Ft Wide In A Zone 2-10 Ft Wide and 40 Ft Long

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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