Mine detail: Yellow Pine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.92682, -115.33263

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Antimony, Mercury, Gold, Silver
Ore: Cinnabar, Scheelite, Stibnite
Gangue: Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Quartzite
Structure:Meadow Creek Fault (A Zone Of Gouge And Breccia 100 Ft Or More Wide And Traced For A Distance Of 8 Mi)

References

MRDSW014135
DEP10070971
Reference{Deposit:: COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: COOPER J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 151 - 195.}{Deposit:: COLE, J. W., AND BAILEY, H. D., 1948, EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, MINING, AND MILLING OF A UNIQUE TUNGSTEN ORE BODY AT YELLOW PINE MINE, STIBNITE, IDAHO: USBM INF. CIRC. 7443, 24 P.}{Deposit:: LA HEIST, B.A., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES- ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 41 - 46.}{Deposit:: 5) CAMPBELL, A., 1947 , FORTY - EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1946.}{Deposit:: 6) CAMPBELL, A., 1946 , FORTY - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1945}{Deposit:: 7)USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1943; 1944; 1946.}{Deposit:: 8)CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-04-1959.}{Deposit:: 9)LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: 10)LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-25.}{Deposit:: 7) IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1970 , OPEN-FILE REPT. ON ANTIMONY.}{Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL USBM INF. CIRC. 7443 ; DRILL CORES { 1A) 1941 DIREXPL BRADLEY MIN CO, DRILL CORES}{Deposit:: 1941 OTHER D. W. WHITE; RECOGNIZED SCHEELITE}{Deposit:: 1951 GEOLMAP COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F}{Deposit:: 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1}{Production:: COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 175 (ITEMS 1 - 5, 8 - 12); COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37, (ITEMS 13 & 14), ITEMS 17 - 18, CAMPBELL, A., 1947, 48TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 247. ITEMS 19 - 20, CAMPBELL, A., 1946, 47TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 252. ITEM 15 FROM LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA}
ReporterSteigner, William D.; Miller, Pat J.; Elliott, James E.