Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryZinc, Gold, Copper, Lead
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlLow Angle Thrust Faults Paralleling The Bedding.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Milligen Formation-Argillites, Quartzites
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
StructureIdaho Batholith, Slickensides
AlterationBrecciation, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10089186
MRDS IDW014186
Alternate namesCal-Ida
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.18799, -114.57062
References
KERN, RICHARD R., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF SLATE CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: POCATELLO, IDAHO, IDAHO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS, P. 62 - 68.TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P.1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPTVANNOY & OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.269, PL.3, NO.82