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Walton

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090567
MRDS ID D000478
Record type Site
Current site name Walton
Alternate or previous names Little Falls Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.26758, 43.86656 (WGS84)

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 019E 07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Phi Kappa Formation; Argillaceous & Quartzitic
    Rock description Phi Kappa Formation; Argillaceous & Quartzitic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.26758, 43.86656
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Walton
    Home office Idaho Falls, Idaho

Comments on development

  • ONE MINERALIZED ZONE 300 FT CONTAINS 20,000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE FOR EVERY 100 FT AT 0.2% MOS2; SECOND ZONE OF IRREGULAR SHAPE CONTAINS 1000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE AT 0.6% MOS2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, WESTGATE, ROSS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1942, WALTON MOLYBDENUM CLAIMS, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: UNPUB REPT

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON C.A. ANDERSO

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANDERSON (1942)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

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