The Little Falls Creek Deposit is a silver and tungsten mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 43.8525, -114.25000
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Little Falls Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Falls Creek Deposit
Secondary: White Elephant Group
Secondary: Dewey
Secondary: Purple Spar
Secondary: Twin Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Summit Creek Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Sherry
Info Year: 1946
Owner Name: Norandex Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR LENSES, BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 SAMPLES GIVE 1.55 % WO3, 0.28 % WO3, 0.15 % WO3, 0.94 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): E. Side of Little Falls Cr. 1/2 Mi. N. of Trail Creek Road.
Comment (Development): 100 Claims. Diamond Drilling
Comment (Workings): 3 Small Pits; One 15 Ft. Long, Another 30 Ft. Long; Short Tunnels; One Principal Tunnel 300 Ft. Long.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, WFOC, Mineral Property File 0160370075.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, Table 18, No. 11, P. 219.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 544, P. 234.
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South Central Idaho, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geology Pamphlet 108, 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM: Boise, Idaho, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Others, 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Wood River Region, Idaho, With A Description Of The Minnie Moore And Near-By Mines: USGS Bull. 814, P. 1-245.
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1971.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B. And Others, Bull. 814
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 108
Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties
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