Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt
TertiaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBUNCHES, STRINGERS, SEAMS
Ore controlMetamorphosed Basic Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Erythrite, Malachite
GangueBiotite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist · Belt Supergroup
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10067857
MRDS IDW000728
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.16629, -114.29903
References
Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.Anderson, A.L., 1943, Preliminary Report On The Cobalt Deposits In The Blackbird District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 61, 34 P.Canney, F.C., 1953, Preliminary Report Of Geochemical Investigations In The Blackbird District, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept.Shockey, P.N., 1957, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Leesburg Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, 42 P.Vhay, J.S., 1948, Cobalt-Copper Deposits In The Blackbird District, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Strategic Minerals Inv. Prelim. Rept. 3-219.