The White Mountain Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 43.83194, -114.23639
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White Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Warm Spring District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. H. Dewey, W. C. Dewey, R. L. Mcconnell, O. G. Mcconnell, W. G. Scoles
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S OF THE LITTLE FALL CR.-SUMMIT CR. JUNCTION ON THE OUTER END OF A NORTH-FACING GLACIAL CIRQUE.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS 5-10 FT APART OCCUR IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK
Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL PIT WAS PRESENT IN 1942.
Comment (Development): ONLY LOCATION WORK AND ONE SMALL CUT HAD BEEN DONE IN 1942
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, K.G., AND ROSS, C.P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: U.S.G.S. BULL. 814, 250 P.
Reference (Deposit): KIRKEMO, H., ANDERSON, C.A., CREASY, S.C., 1965, INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE CONTERMINOUS U.S. 1942-60: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1182-E, P. 58.
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