Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt
TertiaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement Vein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PODS
Ore controlOre Minerals In Crests Of Folds In The Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsCobaltite, Malachite
GangueMagnetite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSchist · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGabbro · Lcret-Eeo Gabbro
StructureBlackbird Structural Block, Folds
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10070513
MRDS IDW013477
Alternate namesNickel Point
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.13958, -114.334
References
UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT OR 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, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT.TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E. W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST - CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175.U.S. Bureau of Mines REPT INV 4012ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V 42, NO 1, P 22-46.