The Tungsten Hill Mine is a tungsten mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.8983, -116.27640
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Tungsten Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Hill Mine
Secondary: M & F
Secondary: Blanche
Secondary: Howard Wickersham
Secondary: Bull Moose Group
Secondary: Chief Joseph
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie-Yaak Dis
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: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wickersham, Howard
Owner Name: Hash, Sam
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bethlehem Fault Trends N 40 Deg W, Dips 45 Deg Sw Is About 100 Ft Wide.
Type: L
Description: Non - Parallel Fractures; Kaniksu Batholith Nearby
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Epidote, Actinolite, Enstatite, Hypersthene
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE (ACROSS 5 1/2 FT FACE) ASSAY AVERAGED 1.09% WO3, WITH RANGE OF 0.59 - 2.34 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 Mi W Of Bussard Peak
Comment (Reserve-Resource): At 1919 Prices, Above Resources Worth $150,000
Comment (Development): 19 Claims ; 1920'S Equipment: Blacksmith Shop, Hand Mining Tools, Mine Car, Light Rail, Several Camp Buildings
Comment (Deposit): Blanche Vein Strikes N 4 Deg E, Dips 60 Deg E; Livingston ( 1919 ) Mentions Vein Trending N 82 Deg E, Dipping 75 - 80 Deg Nw, And Averaging 8 Ft In Width
Comment (Workings): Open Cut On Vein, Crosscut Tunnel, Dozer Trenches
References
Reference (Deposit): 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Spec. Rept. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10
Reference (Deposit): Cook 1955 Id Bur Mines And Geol Pamph 102 53p
Reference (Deposit): Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 85, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1, P. 223 - 233.
Reference (Deposit): 5) Soper, E. K., 1918 , Mining Districts Of Northern Idaho: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126 .
Reference (Deposit): 6) Livingston, D. C., 1919 , Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2 , V. 14 , 72 P.
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.
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