Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTRINGERS
Ore controlShear Zone, Fracture Surfaces
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Biotite Schist
Associated rockDacite · Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
StructureFractures
AlterationSilicification, Black Manganese Stain
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10105736
MRDS IDW014898
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.15958, -115.40376
References
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. 43 - 45HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 2331964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO.KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS.