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White Bluff

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144801
MRDS ID W015254
MAS/MILS ID 0160850025
Record type Site
Current site name White Bluff
Alternate or previous names Rocket Prospect, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10071723

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.36516, 45.17208 (WGS84)
Elevation 2339
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 021 N 009 E 09 NENESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.36516, 45.17208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 66N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:66N
    Date of Last Modification 810625

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wiles, Wilbur
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO, USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    WFOC-MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0160850025.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES FROM OUTCROP ASSAYED 0.08 PERCENT SHEELITE. CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN AT RANDOM FROM TACTITE OUTCROP CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.02 TUNGSTATE. BOULDER RUBBLE EXPOSED IN SOME WORKINGS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5 PERCENT SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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