The Profile Gap Deposit is a mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.06083, -115.41500
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Profile Gap Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Profile Gap Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Profile 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Profile Mines And Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE - 0.24% WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Zoisite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Comments
Comment (Location): A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE WILSON MINE, ON THE YELLOW PINE - BIG CREEK ROAD
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233
Reference (Deposit): GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
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