The Walton is a molybdenum mine located in Custer county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Walton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walton
Secondary: Little Falls Creek
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lee Walton
Home Office: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Development): ONE MINERALIZED ZONE 300 FT CONTAINS 20,000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE FOR EVERY 100 FT AT 0.2% MOS2; SECOND ZONE OF IRREGULAR SHAPE CONTAINS 1000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE AT 0.6% MOS2
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, WESTGATE, ROSS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1942, WALTON MOLYBDENUM CLAIMS, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: UNPUB REPT
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON C.A. ANDERSO
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANDERSON (1942)
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