The Walton Moly is a molybdenum mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 43.8603, -114.25830
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Walton Moly MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walton Moly
Secondary: Little Falls Creek Prospect
Secondary: Walton Prospect
Secondary: Anda Group
Secondary: Anda Walton Moly Group
Secondary: Walton Molybdenite
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Warm Spring 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lee Walton
Home Office: Idaho Falls, Id.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TEN SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1942 SHOWED .10 TO 1.91 % MOS2 WITHIN TWO SMALL MINERALIZED ZONES.
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): On the NE Facing Slope Above Little Falls Cr. The Little Falls Creek Deposit (W013644) Is To the NE, Across the Creek, But Recent Claims On That Property Probably Extend Over the Walton Claims.
Comment (Geology): Narrow Aplite Dikes Are Common and At Times They Grade Into the Quartz Monzonite. Phi Kappa Fm Crops Out Within 1000 Ft of the Mineralized Zone.
Comment (Deposit): Lower Prospect Consists of Veins and Veinlets Up To 2 Ft. Wide In A 300 Ft By 8-12 Ft Zone, Upper Prospect Veins Are Up To 3 Ft Wide In A Zone 2-10 Ft Wide and 40 Ft Long
Comment (Workings): Only A Few Prospect Cuts Were Present In 1942.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1497-D, 1981, P. 208-210.
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bulletin 1182e, P. 55-58.
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bulletin 814, 250 P.
Reference (Deposit): Commodity Files, USGS., Spokane, Wa
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