Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt
TertiaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEINLETS AND STRINGERS
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Erythrite, Safflorite
GangueBiotite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGabbro · Gabbro
StructureAnticline, Schistosity
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10096236
MRDS IDW013481
Alternate namesBlackbird Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.11769, -114.34233
References
REED, G.C., AND HERDLICK, J.A., 1947, BLACKBIRD COBALT DEPOSITS, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 4012, 14 P.TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, L.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPORT 3-219, 26 P.1943 DIREXPL USBM, R.I. 4012Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Map Series Elk City 2 degree quadrangle, 1981