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Old Faithful Group Mine

Past Producer in Valley 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105683
MRDS ID W014070
Record type Site
Current site name Old Faithful Group Mine
Related records 10145067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36536, 44.78678 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 8 MI S. OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Chief Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 009E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT. N. 64 DEG E FROM SPRINGFIELD SCHEELITE MINE, CONTIGUOUS TO WHITE MARE GROUP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.30% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment
    Rock unit name Glacial Gravel
    Rock description Glacial Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Glacial Erratics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Clinton Biggers, Clark Cox

Mining district

District name Pistol Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 500 TONS OF POTENTIAL RESOURCE

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1946 AND 1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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