Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryLead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlJoints Associated With Bethlehem Fault; Wide Quartz Vein In Sill; Deposited By High Temperature Gas Phase; Mobilized By Plutonic Activity.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Late Prec Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite With Argillite & Quartz
Associated rockDiorite · Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
StructureBethlehem Fault Trends N 40 Deg W, Dips 45 Deg Sw Is About 100 Ft Wide., Non - Parallel Fractures; Kaniksu Batholith Nearby
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationGarnet, Epidote, Actinolite, Enstatite, Hypersthene
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10069939
MRDS IDW007733
Alternate namesM & F, Blanche, Howard Wickersham, Bull Moose Group, Chief Joseph
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.89817, -116.27746
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Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ.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.Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.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.Hobbs, S., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1, P. 223 - 233.5) Soper, E. K., 1918 , Mining Districts Of Northern Idaho: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126 .6) Livingston, D. C., 1919 , Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2 , V. 14 , 72 P.1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 101951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 851964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Spec. Rept. 1Cook 1955 Id Bur Mines And Geol Pamph 102 53p