Description
1898 - Dan Mc Crea; 1960 - Texas Division Of The Dow Chemical Co.
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Beryllium, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSEAMS, PODS, STRINGERS
Ore controlFault Zone - For Fluorite; Fissure
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Fluorite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Argillite · Yellowjacket Formation-Argillite , Quartzite, Limestone;Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
StructureMinor Faults
AlterationSilicification, Sericitization, Calcification , Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10096363
MRDS IDW015203
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.15378, -115.39316
References
SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 48BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903 GENERAL REFERENCES5) PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: USBM REPT. INV. 7148, 169 P.1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT.1913 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT.1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 441968 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 7148