Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryUranium, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlFissure
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt;Dikes-Lamprophyre
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1879
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10070729
MRDS IDW013794
Alternate namesCamas No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.4119, -114.4781
References
WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: USGS BULL. 1074 - B, P. 7 - 48.ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 761955 RECON D.L. SCHMIDT, BULL. 1074-BANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, R. W., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76