Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
TertiaryTungsten, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formFLAKES
Ore controlZones Of Contact Metamorphosed Quartzite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Lcret-Eeo Tactite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Mafic Intrusive Rock,Argillite · Whitecloud Stock;Little Boulder Stock;
StructureQuartzite Bedding, Uncle Jess Fault, Stocks
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10096326
MRDS IDW014434
Alternate namesUncle Jess Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.0594, -114.5603
References
TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 648 P.SPOKESMAN REVIEW, SEPT. 29 , 1968SPOKANE CHRONICE, OCT. 1 , 1969VISGER, F.J., 1974 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE UNCLE JESS MOLYBDENITE DEPOSIT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: CHENEY, WASHINGTON, EASTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE, M.S. THESIS, 29 P.1922 DIREXPL JESS BAKER, USGS OPEN-FILE REPT.1945 COMPILE1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT.IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF THE CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELLVANNOY AND OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.254, N0.92, 93ROSS, C. P., 1937, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 877, P. 154.