Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Copper
TertiaryNickel, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Gold, Malachite
GangueMagnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGabbro · Gabbro
StructureBlackbird Structural Block And Haynes-Stellite Structural Block
AlterationOxidation, Hydrothermal, Bleaching, Gossan
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10070515
MRDS IDW013479
Alternate namesBlackbird Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.1219, -114.3245
References
UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON 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 REPORT.TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST - CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION