The Big Falls Creek Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 43.8592, -114.23560
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Big Falls Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Falls Creek Deposit
Secondary: White Elephant
Secondary: Giant Quartz No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stains
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: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Near the Junction of Big Falls Cr. and Summit Cr.
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Selective Mining Necessary As Ore Is Spotty
References
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 10
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho; Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, P. 31-32
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.
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