Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit

Producer in Camas county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107651
MRDS ID D001137
MAS/MILS ID 0160250001
Record type Site
Current site name Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit
Alternate or previous names Soldier Mountain Deposit, Idaho Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93702, 43.44799 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF TOWN OF CORRAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camas(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smoky Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 013E 05,08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93702, 43.44799

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 60NW
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pistol Ck District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A Few Tons Of Sorted Ore Were Shipped During World War I. In 1943, The Prospect Was Called The Idaho Tungsten Mine.

Comments on the workings information

  • Shafts,Tunnels,Stopes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lemmon, D.M., Unpublished Data.

  • Deposit

    Lemmon, D.M., And Tweto, O.L., 1962, Tungsten In The U.S., USGS Map, Mr-25.

  • Deposit

    Cook, E.F., 1956, Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geol., Pam. 108.

  • Production

    Ref. No. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 Parallel Qtz Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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