Commodities
TertiarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlCrest Of Small Fold In Calcareous Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueActinolite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Seven Devils Volcanics
Associated rockDiorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Seven Devils Volcanics;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Tectonic settingIsland Arc
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10070204
MRDS IDW012950
Alternate namesBownlee Creek Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.73237, -116.8141
References
FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO, CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 138 P.LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 97, 1954, P. 20.