Commodities
PrimaryLead
TertiaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueAugite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockSlate,Quartzite · Phi Kappa Formation-Slate, Quartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
AlterationSericite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10096276
MRDS IDW013829
Alternate namesAlta Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.84179, -114.25811
References
UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR - BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 2451930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81