Yellow Pine Mine

The Yellow Pine Mine is a tungsten mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 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

Name: Yellow Pine Mine

State: Idaho

County: Valley

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 44.92694, -115.33167

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Yellow Pine Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Pine Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury

Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Yellow Pine District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Bradley Mining Co.

Owner Name: Ranchers Exploration And Devel.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Meadow Creek Fault (A Zone Of Gouge And Breccia 100 Ft Or More Wide And Traced For A Distance Of 8 Mi)

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SILVER ACCOMPANIES ANTIMONY IN RATIO OF 0.3-1.0 OZ PER 20 LBS ANTIMONY
Analytical Data: CORE SAMPLES AVG. 16% WO3

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1900 - TUNGSTEN DISC. 1941

Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1939; W IN 1941

Comment (Workings): USBM DRILLING PROGRAM 1939 - 1941 - 52 HOLES, 15874 FT. TOTAL 44000 FT. HOLES, 4650 FT. DRIFTS. IN 1942, THE OVERBURDEN, 15 TO 100 FT THICK, WAS STRIPPED SO ORE COULD BE MINED FROM AN OPEN PIT. AUG. 1970 , RANCHERS EX. AND DEVEL. CO. DRILLED FOR ANTIMONY

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1942 - 1944. THE ORE BODY WAS EXHAUSTED IN JULY, 1945.

Comment (Deposit): NO SCHEELITE WAS EXPOSED IN THE QUARRIES PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND ANTIMONY. THE TUNGSTEN ORE BODY WAS ENTIRELY COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS. TUNGSTEN WAS IN UPPER PART OF ORE BODY.

Comment (Location): ON THE E FK OF THE S FK OF THE SALMON R

Comment (Commodity): YELLOW PINE MINE CONTAINS THE GREATES KNOWN ANTIMONY RESERVE IN THE U.S.

Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE OF TUNGSTEN PRODUCED - $53,500,000 ALL THE KNOWN HIGH-GRADE TUNGSTEN ORE WAS MINED OUT BY THE END OF 1945.

Comment (Development): MICROSCOPIC STUDY DISCLOSED SCHEELITE

References

Reference (Deposit): 7)USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1943; 1944; 1946.

Reference (Deposit): 8)CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-04-1959.

Reference (Deposit): 9)LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): 10)LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): 7) IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1970 , OPEN-FILE REPT. ON ANTIMONY.

Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL USBM INF. CIRC. 7443 ; DRILL CORES { 1A) 1941 DIREXPL BRADLEY MIN CO, DRILL CORES

Reference (Deposit): 1941 OTHER D. W. WHITE; RECOGNIZED SCHEELITE

Reference (Deposit): 1951 GEOLMAP COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F

Reference (Deposit): LA HEIST, B.A., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES- ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 41 - 46.

Reference (Deposit): 5) CAMPBELL, A., 1947 , FORTY - EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1946.

Reference (Deposit): 6) CAMPBELL, A., 1946 , FORTY - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1945

Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 151 - 195.

Reference (Deposit): COLE, J. W., AND BAILEY, H. D., 1948, EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, MINING, AND MILLING OF A UNIQUE TUNGSTEN ORE BODY AT YELLOW PINE MINE, STIBNITE, IDAHO: USBM INF. CIRC. 7443, 24 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108

Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1

Reference (Production): COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 175 (ITEMS 1 - 5, 8 - 12); COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37, (ITEMS 13 & 14), ITEMS 17 - 18, CAMPBELL, A., 1947, 48TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 247. ITEMS 19 - 20, CAMPBELL, A., 1946, 47TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 252. ITEM 15 FROM LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

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