The White Metal Prospect is a mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.1525, -115.40861
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White Metal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Metal Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENS, BLADES, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dark Manganese Stain
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: QUARTZ CONTAINS UP TO 6% WO4
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF AGE OF QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, BELIEVING IT TO BE BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS HAD LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCK OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONSIST OF 3 SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS LENSES
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF S FORK OF SMITH CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 47 - 4
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