Idaho · Lemhi County
Past Producer

Haynes-Stellite Mine

Lemhi County, Idaho, United States
CobaltCopperNickelUranium
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Description

John M. Belielle (Beliel) - two different spellings of last name.

Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Copper
TertiaryNickel, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model102: Blackbird Co-Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEINLETS, MASSES
Ore controlShear Zone, Fault Breccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsAnnabergite, Cobaltite, Smaltite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite,Schist · Gunsight Formation, Belt Supergroup
StructureHaynes-Stellite Structural Block
AlterationSilicification, Tourmalinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10105496
MRDS IDW000724
Alternate namesCobalt Mine, Mona Group, Beliel Group, Belielle
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates45.1123, -114.31534
References
BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P.26VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219.SHOCKEY, P.N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61.CANNEY, F.C., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT 53-31, 21 p.TRITES, A.F. AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175-176.ROSS, C.P., 1931, CLASSIFICATION OF THE LODE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 169-185.BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED BLACKBIRD REPORTHESS, F.L., 1921, COBALT: USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF US, 1917, PT. 1, P. 899-901Reed, G.C. and Herdlick, J.A., 1947, Blackbird cobalt deposits, Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines R.I. 4012, 36 p.BELL, R.N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917, 131 P.Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.BILBREY, J.H. JR., 1962, USBM INF. CIRC. 8103; ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61. ; TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; VHAY, J.S., 1948, USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT