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Compton Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096411
MRDS ID W015862
Record type Site
Current site name Compton Claims
Related records 10192536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6864, 44.5342 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1.25 MI NE OF PATTERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pahsimeroi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 023E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE PATTERSON CANYON, E OF IMA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6864, 44.5342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 14.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compton, Alex

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SMALL DRIFT TRENDING N 10 DEG W FOLLOWS VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., AND LEMMON, D. M., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF THE BLUE WING DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 931-A, 21 P

  • Deposit

    1941 RECON E. CALLAGHAN AND D. M. LEMMON, BULL 931-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-02-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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