Idaho · Valley County
Past Producer

Yellow Pine Mine

Valley County, Idaho, United States
TungstenAntimonyMercuryGoldSilver
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Description

Tungsten Disc. By Don White

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryAntimony, Mercury, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone; Fractures And Faults W Of Meadow Cr Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Scheelite, Stibnite
GangueOrthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
Associated rockQuartzite
StructureMeadow Creek Fault (A Zone Of Gouge And Breccia 100 Ft Or More Wide And Traced For A Distance Of 8 Mi)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1939
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10070971
MRDS IDW014135
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.92682, -115.33263
References
COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.COOPER J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 151 - 195.COLE, J. W., AND BAILEY, H. D., 1948, EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, MINING, AND MILLING OF A UNIQUE TUNGSTEN ORE BODY AT YELLOW PINE MINE, STIBNITE, IDAHO: USBM INF. CIRC. 7443, 24 P.LA HEIST, B.A., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES- ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 41 - 46.5) CAMPBELL, A., 1947 , FORTY - EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1946.6) CAMPBELL, A., 1946 , FORTY - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 19457)USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1943; 1944; 1946.8)CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-04-1959.9)LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.10)LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-25.7) IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1970 , OPEN-FILE REPT. ON ANTIMONY.1941 DIREXPL USBM INF. CIRC. 7443 ; DRILL CORES { 1A) 1941 DIREXPL BRADLEY MIN CO, DRILL CORES1941 OTHER D. W. WHITE; RECOGNIZED SCHEELITE1951 GEOLMAP COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1081964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 175 (ITEMS 1 - 5, 8 - 12); COOK, E. F., 1956, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, P. 37, (ITEMS 13 & 14), ITEMS 17 - 18, CAMPBELL, A., 1947, 48TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 247. ITEMS 19 - 20, CAMPBELL, A., 1946, 47TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 252. ITEM 15 FROM LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA