Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSTRINGERS
Ore controlBedding Planes, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCovellite, Malachite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSlate,Schist,Gneiss,Argillite,Limestone,Dolomite · Yellowjacket Formation-Metamorphosed Limestone, Schist, Gneiss, Slate, Argillite, Dolomite;Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
AlterationTremolite - Actinolite, Muscovite, Garnet
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10071723
MRDS IDW015254
Alternate namesWhite Bluff
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.17208, -115.36516
References
CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.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. 39 - 401973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130