Wooley Valley Unit 3

The Wooley Valley Unit 3 is a mine located in Caribou county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Wooley Valley Unit 3  

State:  Idaho

County:  Caribou

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 42.8428, -111.42030

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Wooley Valley Unit 3 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wooley Valley Unit 3
Secondary: Little Long Valley Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Idaho
County: Caribou
District: Blackfoot River 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: Caribou National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Stauffer Chemical Co. ( 1975 )


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Georgetown Syncline

Type: L
Description: Minor Longitudinal Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 1976 AND END 1983 ( USGS, 1975 )

Comment (Development): 776 ACRE LEASE ( 1975 )

Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS ABOVE FOR 2 ORE ZONES

Comment (Location): PLOTTED IN SECTION 3 ; WOOLEY VALLEY UNIT 3 PROPOSED MINE IS EXTENSION OF WOOLEY VALLEY MINE

Comment (Workings): PIT WILL BE 10,200 FT LONG, 480 - 660 FT WIDE, 160 - 370 FT DEEP, AND COVER 129 ACRES


References

Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P.

Reference (Deposit): SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 3 , IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.

Reference (Deposit): FLETCHER, G. D., 1962 , SIXTY - THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1962 , P. 53

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 11.1 , P. 2 - 35

Reference (Deposit): 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152

Reference (Deposit): 1962 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT, 1962

Reference (Deposit): 1962 DIREXPL RUBY CO., IDAHO INSPECTOR OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1962

Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 11.1


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