Mine detail: Thompson Creek Mine

Previously called 'Thompson Creek Tungsten MineTungsten Jim MineSalmon River Scheelite MineScheelite Nellie Nos. 1-4Nelvinny Nos. 1-4Tungsten Jim Nos. 1-4'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.33379, -114.58623

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, PODS
Other material: Amphibole, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Ferberite, Goethite, Powellite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphene
Discovery year: 1953

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1954

Geology

Host rock:Wood River Formation
Host type:Limestone,Quartzite,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW018008
MAS160370001
DEP10289747
Reference{Deposit:: BAKER, JOHN, 1981, CYPRUS MINES, PERSONAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: BARRETT, R.M., 1981, PERSONAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: B.L.M., 1980, PRE-FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PROPOSED 230 KV POWERLINE AND RELATED FACILITIES, MOORE IDAHO TO SQUAW CREEK IDAHO, SALMON DISTRICT, SALMON, IDAHO}{Deposit:: COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, W. S., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 323 - 333.}{Deposit:: LARSON, L.L., 1969, AVAILABILITY OF TUNGSTEN AT VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE U.S. U.S.B.M. PRELIMINARY CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (SEE U.S.B.M. IC 8500 FOR PUBLISHED REPORT)}{Deposit:: MAYFIELD, CHARLES, 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, IDAHO.}{Deposit:: NEWMAN, KEN, 1981, CYPRUS MINES PERSONAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: ROSS, CLYDE, 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAY HORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S. BULL 877}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, BILL, 1981, U.S.F.S., PERSONAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: SCHMIDT, E.A., 1980, TALK GIVEN AT NORTHWEST MINING CONVENTION IN DEC 1980 ON THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM MINE}{Deposit:: TAFT, FRANK, 1960, SALMON RIVER SCHEELITE CORPORATIO* REPORT ON D.M.E.A. WORK (DOCKET NO. DMEA 3667) UNPUBLISHED}{Deposit:: U.S.B.M., 1981, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE, TUNGSTEN JIM, W.F.O.C}{Deposit:: U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1980, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION}{Deposit:: U.T.N. CONSOLIDATED, INC, 1980, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION.}{Deposit:: WALLACE, RAY, 1981, U.S.F.S., PERSONAL COMMUN.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 499, P. 222.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A., Weeks, Robert, Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)