Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlShear Zone; Granodiorite - Porphyry Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockDiorite,Quartz Latite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dike-Quartz Latite Porphyry;Dike-Lamprophyre
StructureSchistosity Strikes N 40 Deg E, Is Vertical
Alteration2 Inches Gouge; Epidote; Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10071689
MRDS IDW015211
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.04238, -115.42096
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.SPENCE, R. L., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RED METALS MINE, YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS, 19 P.BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911.MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 1914, BIG CREEK MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111.1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44ITEM 1, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111; ITEM 8, SPENCE, R. L., 1936, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS