Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Materials
Ore mineralsHuebnerite, Powellite, Scheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Cret Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Associated rockDacite · Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite
AlterationSericite, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10071595
MRDS IDW015076
Alternate namesRed Bluff, Mc Rae Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.16268, -115.40486
References
COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32KIRKPATRICK, 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. 45-46.GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1081975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORTCOOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, P. 32