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Peach Creek Tungsten Claims

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071001
MRDS ID W014174
MAS/MILS ID 160370402
Record type Site
Current site name Peach Creek Tungsten Claims
Alternate or previous names Germania Lode, Molly Hogan Group 1-22

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6519, 44.2756 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 4 MI E. OF SUNBEAM, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(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

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 011N 015E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Also Found In Sec 23 and 24 of T11N, R15 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • High Concentrations of Scheelite Can Be Obtained By Panning the Soil In the Upper Cut and In the Draw.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 12 FT GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.71% MO
Result 20 LB GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 3.56% WO3, 3.0% MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6519, 44.2756
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 87 DEG E
    Dip 87 DEG N
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Partially The Contact Between The Idaho Batholith And The Wood River Formation, East - West & North South Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • Faults N 87 Deg E, 87 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Wayne Cleutis, Bill Stricklen, B. Bohannon

Mining district

District name Robinson Bar District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. Cleutis, B. Stricklen, B. Bohannon

Comments on development

  • Relationship Between Host Rock and Mineralization At Peach Creek Are the Same As That of A Scheelite Mine (Producing) In the Next Drainage; 5 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Vannoy, R. M., And Others, 1986, Economic Appraisal Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, P. 303.

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-01-01 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-06-30 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

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