The International Molybdenum Mine is a molybdenum mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 48.8675, -116.83530
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International Molybdenum Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: International Molybdenum Mine
Secondary: Boundary County Deposit
Secondary: Cow Creek
Secondary: Rideout
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Porthill District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: International Molybdenum Co. ( 1938 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1938
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: Selkirk Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Great Numbers Of Joint Plane Cracks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Molybdite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): In Phoebe Tip Country
Comment (Development): 4 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Workings): Equipment: 2 Cabins, Hand Mining Equipment
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.Bureau Of Mines, Wfoc, Mineral Property File 0160210014.
Reference (Production): Hubbard, C.R., 1955 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105 , P. 50
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): Hubbard, C.R., 1955 , A Survey Of The Mineral Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105 , 56 P.
Reference (Deposit): King, R.U., 1964 , Mineral Resources - Molybdenum, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1 , P. 133 - 138
Reference (Deposit): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1
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