Description
Calera Division Of Howe Sound Mining Co.
Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Copper
SecondaryGold
TertiaryNickel, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeBlackbird Co Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIrregular LENS, PODS
Ore controlShear Zones, Crests Of Folds
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Safflorite
GangueBiotite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Apple Creek Formation, Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGranite · Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
StructureBlackbird Structural Block, Minor Folds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10067854
MRDS IDW000726
Alternate namesHowe Sound Adit Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.12577, -114.35028
References
UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219.VHAY, J.S., 1952, COBALT RESOURCES, CHAPTER V1 IN MATERIALS SURVEY, NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD.TRITES, A.F. JR. AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 157-209.KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 135.MITCHELL, V.E., 1982, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE ELK CITY QUADRANGLE: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Mines and Prospects Map Series, scale 1:250,000.REED, G.C., AND HERDLICK, J.A., 1947, BLACKBIRD COBALT DEPOSITS, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM R.I. 4012, 14 P.ITEM 8, UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT; ITEMS 1,2, KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610.