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Yellow Pine Deposit

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony, Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008771
MRDS ID D001142
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Pine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33263, 44.92682 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. NORTH OF STIBNITE, ON THE EAST FORK OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SALMON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 009E 02,03 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YELLOW PINE MINE CONTAINS THE GREATEST KNOWN ANTIMONY RESERVE IN THE U.S.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33263, 44.92682
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Meadow Creek Fault (A Zone Of Gouge And Breccia 100 Ft. Or More Wide And Traced For A Distance Of About 8 Mi.)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 39.62M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Faults West Of The Meadow Creek Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Donald E. White
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1941-1945
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH OF THE OUTPUT WAS FROM ORE THAT ASSAYED 2.0 TO 3.0 PERCENT WO3, 4 PERCENT ANTIMONY, 0.06 OUNCE OF GOLD AND SEVERAL OUNCES OF SILVER. ALL THE KNOWN HIGH-GRADE TUNGSTEN ORE WAS MINED OUT BY THE END OF 1945.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO SCHEELITE WAS EXPOSED IN THE QUARRIES PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND ANTIMONY. THE TUNGSTEN ORE BODY WAS ENTIRELY COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS. A SHAFT WAS SUNK AND PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1941. IN 1942 THE OVERBURDEN, 15 TO 100 FT THICK, WAS STRIPPED SO THAT THE ORE COULD BE MINED FROM AN OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • IT WAS ESTIMATED IN 1943 ON BASIS OF DIAMOND DRILLING THAT MORE THAN 4,000,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE AVERAGED 0.12 OZ. OR MORE PER TON AND 6,000,000 TONS CONTAINED 0.06 OZ OR MORE. ASIDE FROM THE TUNGSTEN ORE. J.R. COOPER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ESTIMATED IN 1943 THAT DRILL CORES INDICATED 309,000 TONS OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINING 4 PERCENT OF SB, AND 1,446,000 TONS CONTAINING 1.2 PERCENT. SILVER ACCOMPANIES THE ANTIMONY IN THE RATIO OF 0.3 - 1.0 OZ FOR EACH 20 LBS. OF ANTIMONY

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 708 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

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

    COOPER, J.R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969-F.

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO., DRILL CORES

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DRILL CORES

  • Deposit

    1941 OTHER DONALD E. WHITE, RECOGNIZED SCHEELITE

  • Production

    REF. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN IS IN UPPER PART OF ORE BODY.
Deposit First Production Year: 1941 FOR TUNGSTEN
Deposit Discovery Year: 1941 (SCHEELITE DISCOVERY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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