Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBUNCHES
Ore controlContact; Bedding Plane Fractures And Fissures; Mizpah Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Marcasite, Microcline, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Tourmaline, Vermiculite, Zircon
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Quartzite,Schist,Limestone · Mica Schist;Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
Associated rockHornblendite · Sills Of Hornblende-Diorite
StructureLarge Open Syncline That Trends Ne, Brecciation
AlterationSilicification; Shallow Oxidation; Chlorite; Actinolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10072062
MRDS IDW015888
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.99736, -116.50131
References
HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.MCNEILL, A., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 98 P.LIVINGSTON, D. C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN DEVILS AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1, 105 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, A COPPER DEPOSIT OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE NEAR THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657.CLAYTON, A.B., 1934, COPPER VEINS OF THE MIZPAH MINE IN THE HOODOO DISTRICT NEAR HARVARD, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 14 P.1920 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11935 DIREXPL COLUMBIA MINES CORP1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657 { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.