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North Fork of Wood River Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096260
MRDS ID W013642
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork of Wood River Deposit
Related records 10168217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51762, 43.82049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 12 MI. N OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easley Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 016E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SLOPE OF BOULDER PEAK, 800 FT. ABOVE BOULDER CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.5 - 1.0% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51762, 43.82049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone Along Contact Of Quartz Diorite Porphyry And Limestone

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 Sawtooth 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

    1955 GEOLMAP IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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