Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHOOTS
Ore controlContact Zone, Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Melaconite, Scheelite
GangueAxinite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Mission Canyon
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Pioneer Batholith
StructureNw Faulting And Ne Folds, East Limb Of Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith
Tectonic settingBatholithic Intrusion Along A Nne Strike
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Discovery year1867
Identification
Deposit ID10078274
MRDS IDW026528
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.39768, -112.82033
References
MBMG BULL 85, P. 91-93, 177.USGS BULL 574, P. 61-65.USBM RI 5552, 41 P.SASSMAN, O., 1941 MA THESIS MSU, P. 216-221.STEVENS, H.J., 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.USGS MAP I-433.STEVENS, H.J., THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.1906 COMPILE STEVENS, H. J., PUB. REPORT1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A. N., REPORT & GEOLOGIC MAP1960 GEOCHEM PATEE, E. C., PUB. REPORT1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S., M.I. MAP I-4331972 COMPILE GEACH, R. D., PUB. REPORTGEACH, 1972 , MINES, BEAVERHEAD CO., P. 177