Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Between Marble And Granitic Intrusion; Cross-Fractures Striking E-W, Dipping 85 Deg S
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble,Skarn (Tactite) · Tactite, Marble;White Knob Limestone
Associated rockGranite · Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10089293
MRDS IDW015654
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.88361, -113.70806
References
COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.LELAND, G. R., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MACKAY STOCK AREA: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 71 P.HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE-TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223-233.NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1081968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-ACOOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108