Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt
SecondaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueLimonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGabbro · Gabbro
StructureLookout Structural Block
AlterationOxidation, Gossan , Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10070522
MRDS IDW013489
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.12668, -114.35542
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 REPT.TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 1745) BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONU.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations RI-4012