Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model102: Blackbird Co-Cu
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSHEAR ZONE, IRREGULAR VEINLETS, STRINGERS, PODS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
GanguePyrite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite · Belt Supergroup
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10119962
MRDS IDW000723
Alternate namesBlackpine Mine, Shulenberger Prospect, Cobalt Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 15, and 16\nCobalt Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 15, and 16
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates45.04685, -114.2038
References
MITCHELL, V.E., ET AL, 1982, ELK CITY QUAD: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology MINES AND PROSPECT 1982 MAP SERIES. scale 1:250,000.SHOCKEY, P.N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.THE NORTHERN MINER, 4-12-93, P.3.THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-21, 93, P.16.MINING RECORD, 8-10-94, P.3.INTERATIONAL MINING NEWS, 9-28-94, P1.JONES, R.W., 1959, BLACKPINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.Forest Service Mineral EXAM 1958 PLUM \nTHE NORTHERN MINER, 11-1-93, P.1, 10.RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P. 267.RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P. 194.ITEM 1, UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT; ITEM 2, DMEA FILES