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White Mountain Prospect

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011553
MRDS ID D006559
Record type Site
Current site name White Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2373, 43.83183 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MI N70E OF TRAIL CR. SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phi Kappa Mountain(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 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S OF THE LITTLE FALL CR.-SUMMIT CR. JUNCTION ON THE OUTER END OF A NORTH-FACING GLACIAL CIRQUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Phi Kappa Formation
    Rock description Phi Kappa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2373, 43.83183
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N0-N30W
    Dip 90
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Quartz Monzonite Within 150 Ft Of The Phi Kappa Formation Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Spring District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Dewey, W. C. Dewey, R. L. Mcconnell, O. G. Mcconnell, W. G. Scoles

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL PIT WAS PRESENT IN 1942.

Comments on development

  • ONLY LOCATION WORK AND ONE SMALL CUT HAD BEEN DONE IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO, H., ANDERSON, C.A., CREASY, S.C., 1965, INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE CONTERMINOUS U.S. 1942-60: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1182-E, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, K.G., AND ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULL. 814, 250 P.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS 5-10 FT APART OCCUR IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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