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Boulder Creek

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008375
MRDS ID D000474
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek
Alternate or previous names Brinton, Castle Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56232, 44.05179 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Chain Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 008N 016E 03 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation
    Rock description Wood River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56232, 44.05179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 121.92M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Boulder Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. L. Fuller, J. L. Baker, Mrs. William Baker

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION CUSTER CO., IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL MOLYBDENUM SYNDICATE OF AMERIC

  • Reserve-Resource

    CREASEY-1944 (BOULDER CREEK)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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