Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCovellite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Quartz Latite Porphyry
AlterationSilicification, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10071683
MRDS IDW015202
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.11208, -115.42406
References
SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.LINDSEY, E., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M S THESIS, 67 P.1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4LINDSEY, E., 1958, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M. S. THESIS