Commodities
TertiaryGemstone
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODS, STRINGERS
Materials
Ore mineralsOpal
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite With Obsidian
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10070888
MRDS IDW014015
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.83568, -115.06815
References
CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130