Description
George Sellers
Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Iron
SecondaryZinc, Lead
TertiarySilver, Nickel, Arsenic, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault Controlled Contact Between Quartzite Footwall And Limestone Hanging Wall
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Psilomelane, Pyrargyrite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Wulfenite
GangueAnhydrite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10071988
MRDS IDW015789
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.79069, -113.4662
References
THUNE, H. W., 1941, MINERALOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LITTLE EIGHT MILE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 37 P.WICKEN, O. M., 1941, A METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE ORE: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 26 P.USGS topo map locationTHUNE, H. W., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS; ITEM 1, WICKEN, O. M., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS