The Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Camas county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit
Secondary: Soldier Mountain Deposit
Secondary: Idaho Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Camas
District: Pistol Ck District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Soldier Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ferberite
Comments
Comment (Production): A Few Tons Of Sorted Ore Were Shipped During World War I. In 1943, The Prospect Was Called The Idaho Tungsten Mine.
Comment (Deposit): 3 Parallel Qtz Veins
Comment (Workings): Shafts,Tunnels,Stopes
References
Reference (Deposit): Lemmon, D.M., Unpublished Data.
Reference (Deposit): Lemmon, D.M., And Tweto, O.L., 1962, Tungsten In The U.S., USGS Map, Mr-25.
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E.F., 1956, Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geol., Pam. 108.
Reference (Production): Ref. No. 1
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