Mine detail: Little Falls Creek Deposit

Previously called 'Purple SparDeweyWhite Elephant GroupTwin Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.85239, -114.25091

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten, Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR LENSES, BUNCHES

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Phi Kappa Form.-Argillite, Sandstone, Slate
Host type:Slate,Argillite,Sandstone
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW013644
MAS160370075
DEP10070631
Reference{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South Central Idaho, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geology Pamphlet 108, 43 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM: Boise, Idaho, 61 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., And Others, 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Wood River Region, Idaho, With A Description Of The Minnie Moore And Near-By Mines: USGS Bull. 814, P. 1-245.}{Deposit:: Spokane Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1971.}{Deposit:: 1930 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B. And Others, Bull. 814}{Deposit:: 1955 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 108}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile USBM, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties}{Deposit:: USBM, WFOC, Mineral Property File 0160370075.}{Deposit:: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, Table 18, No. 11, P. 219.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 544, P. 234.}
ReporterRidenour, James, Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat, Tuchek