The Pine Mouse Deposit is a 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:
Lat, Long: 43.8122, -114.10360
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Pine Mouse Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Mouse Deposit
Secondary: Wildhorse Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alto 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): About 2 Mi. N. of Wild Horse Mine Camp High. On West Side of Valley.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 108, 43 P
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, P. 214-215.
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