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Pungo Creek Fluorspar Prospect

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290414
MRDS ID W014006
MAS/MILS ID 0160850124
Record type Site
Current site name Pungo Creek Fluorspar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pungo Cr. Prospect, Pungo Cr. Fluorite, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070882

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.06955, 44.76568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pungo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017 N 011 E 36 NWNWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 810128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS THE BEST DEVELOPED FLUORITE OCCURENCE IN THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA. THE FLUORITE IS MINABLE GRADE BUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION COSTS WOULD MAKE MINING UNECONOMICAL VEIN IS WELL EXPOSED. A RESOURCE OF 6174 TO 11803 METRIC TONS OF ACID GRADE FLOURITE IS ESTIMATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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