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Pine Mouse Deposit

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070632
MRDS ID W013646
MAS/MILS ID 160370739
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mouse Deposit
Alternate or previous names Wildhorse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1036, 43.8122 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 16 MI. NE OF KETCHUM, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standhope Peak(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 020E 32 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 2 Mi. N. of Wild Horse Mine Camp High. On West Side of Valley.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Argillite, Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Argillite, Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1036, 43.8122
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 108, 43 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, P. 214-215.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-09-01 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-11-06 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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