Little Falls Creek Deposit

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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Mine Info

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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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