The Elk Mountain Group is a tungsten mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,652 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: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 47.5928, -116.64220
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Elk Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elk Mountain Group
Secondary: Elk and Elk Extension
Secondary: Painted Desert U. and Oil Co.
Secondary: Murphy Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Beauty Bay 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Description: Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Description: Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE STREAK 1 FT WIDE POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 % WO3. VEIN 50 FT. LENGTH MAY RUN .5 % WO3. AVERAGE ESTIMATED GRADE 1 % WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): DDH; 26 Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Western Mining News, Aug. 25 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., 1964 , Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1 , P. 223 - 233
Reference (Deposit): Powers, H. A., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, No. 3 , 5 P.
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Mar. 21 , 1974
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