Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Nickel, Copper, Gold, Sulfides
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlOccurrence Associated With Sills Joint Pattern; May Be Associated With Bethlehem Fault. Located On Contact Of Sill And Prichard Form.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueMagnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Prichard Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
Associated rockGabbro · Purcell Sill-Metagabbro;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
StructureOccurrence On East - Dipping Limb Of Large Fold With N - Trending Axis; Purcell Trench, Kaniksu Batholith; Moyie - Leonia Fault., Shear Zone At Upper Contact Of Sill.
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationIron Stains, Silicified
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Identification
Deposit ID10069938
MRDS IDW007732
Alternate namesLucky Charlie Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.94877, -116.29857
References
Brackebusch, Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho 76 P.Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971, Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geol., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 85, 31 P.1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 8V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Sandpoint Quad, Location No. 10.Brackebusch, F. W. 1969, Univ. Of Idaho Thesis, 76 P.