Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Electrum, Galena, Huebnerite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stolzite, Tetrahedrite
GangueApatite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Associated rockDacite · Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
StructureMinor Faults With N-Ne Strike
AlterationSilicification, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1944
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10071479
MRDS IDW014895
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.15798, -115.41037
References
KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 46 - 47COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE-TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 233.LEONARD, B. F., AND OTHERS, 1968 , SILVER - RICH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES FROM A TUNGSTEN - BEARING QUARTZ LODE, BIG CREEK DISTRICT, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594 - C.1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1081964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 11968 GEOCHEM B. F. LEONARD AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 594-CKIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P 46