Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model{200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett}
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formBLANKET, TABULAR
Ore control"Mineralization Confined To 40 Ft Thick White Quartzite Member Of The Revett Fm."
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite, Chrysocolla
GangueSericite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Revett Formation
Structure"Osburn Fault Zone", "Snowstorm Fault, Granite Peak Syncline"
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Alteration"Oxidation Zone Extends To 1600 Foot Level"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1901, 1904-1915, 1917, 1925-1928, 1943
First production1901
Last production1943
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10067173
MRDS IDUS16010
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.48157, -115.72882
References
{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, VERNE C.,JR., 1964, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, PP. 13,35,43}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, JOSEPH B. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 732, PP. 28-29, 115-117.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C.,AND JONES, E.L., JR., 1912, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 540 PART 1, PP. 202-207}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.}