Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES AND KIDNEYS
Ore controlFissures, Fractures, Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Diorite Porphyry, Rhyolite Porphyry
AlterationGouge
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10069843
MRDS IDW007566
Alternate namesIdawa Development Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.94298, -116.01206
References
USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IBM & G BULL. 9, 103 P.ROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 846 - D, P. 264.ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944-C. P. 277 - 2821924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 91933 OTHER C. P. ROSS, BULL. 846 - D1947 GEOLMAP A. L. ANDERSON BULL. 944-C.1975 COMPILE US BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 MINING ACTIVITYROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, USGS BULL. 846 - D