Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper
GangueBarite, Chalcedony, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite · Belt Supergroup
AlterationOxidized, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1911
Identification
Deposit ID10105782
MRDS IDW015774
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.97019, -113.457
References
SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL 1126, 76 P.STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL 1351, 94 P.1962 RECON W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL 11261972 RECON STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962, USGS BULL. 1126, P. 52.