Idaho · Valley County
Occurrence

Blue Bluff Prospect

Valley County, Idaho, United States
Copper
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Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlContact Of Metavolcanics Of Yellowjacket Formation And Quartz - Feldspar Gneiss
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueFeldspar, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Gneiss · Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss;Yellowjacket Formation-Hornblende Schist
Associated rockDacite · Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite
StructureBrecciation, Slickenslides
AlterationSilicification, Brecciation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10071481
MRDS IDW014899
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.15818, -115.38736
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. 40 - 42