Description
A. C. Carpenter And J. L. Q. Mc Knight (1925)
Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Shear Zone"
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Structure"Brecciation"
Alteration"Oxidation, Sericitization, Chlorite"
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10071514
MRDS IDW014949
Alternate namesMammouth, Black Tail
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.46293, -115.48958
References
{Deposit:: Western Mining News, 1974-75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 54}{Deposit:: Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48, 35 P.}{Deposit:: Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.}{Deposit:: Roberts, R. J., 1938, The Petrography And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie District, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington, M.S. Thesis, 61 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-91, 1991, P. 39-41.}