Mine detail: Vaught Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.8721, -113.67029

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore: Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:White Knob Limestone; Tactite
Host type:Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Bleaching

References

MRDSW015651
MAS160370022
DEP10089292
Reference{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: King, R. V., 1964, Mineral Resource-Molybdenum, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 133-138.}{Deposit:: Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 585, P. 242.}{Deposit:: 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1}{Deposit:: 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A}
ReporterMcHugh, Edward L., Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat