Idaho · Custer County
Past Producer

Thompson Creek Mine

Custer County, Idaho, United States
Tungsten
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Description

James Clutus

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PODS
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueGarnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsAmphibole, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Ferberite, Goethite, Powellite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphene
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Quartzite,Skarn (Tactite) · Wood River Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10289747
MRDS IDW018008
Alternate namesThompson Creek Tungsten Mine, Tungsten Jim Mine, Salmon River Scheelite Mine, Nelvinny Nos. 1-4, Tungsten Jim Nos. 1-4, Scheelite Nellie Nos. 1-4
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates44.33379, -114.58623
References
BAKER, JOHN, 1981, CYPRUS MINES, PERSONAL COMMUN.BARRETT, R.M., 1981, PERSONAL COMMUN.B.L.M., 1980, PRE-FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PROPOSED 230 KV POWERLINE AND RELATED FACILITIES, MOORE IDAHO TO SQUAW CREEK IDAHO, SALMON DISTRICT, SALMON, IDAHOCOOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH - CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.HOBBS, W. S., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 323 - 333.LARSON, L.L., 1969, AVAILABILITY OF TUNGSTEN AT VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE U.S. U.S.B.M. PRELIMINARY CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (SEE U.S.B.M. IC 8500 FOR PUBLISHED REPORT)MAYFIELD, CHARLES, 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, IDAHO.NEWMAN, KEN, 1981, CYPRUS MINES PERSONAL COMMUN.ROSS, CLYDE, 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAY HORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO, U.S.G.S. BULL 877SAVAGE, BILL, 1981, U.S.F.S., PERSONAL COMMUN.SCHMIDT, E.A., 1980, TALK GIVEN AT NORTHWEST MINING CONVENTION IN DEC 1980 ON THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM MINETAFT, FRANK, 1960, SALMON RIVER SCHEELITE CORPORATION'S REPORT ON D.M.E.A. WORK (DOCKET NO. DMEA 3667) UNPUBLISHEDU.S.B.M., 1981, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE, TUNGSTEN JIM, W.F.O.CU.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1980, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORPORATIONU.T.N. CONSOLIDATED, INC, 1980, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE THOMPSON CREEK MOLYBDENUM PROJECT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION.WALLACE, RAY, 1981, U.S.F.S., PERSONAL COMMUN.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 499, P. 222.