Mine detail: Eaglebird Mine

Previously called 'Garfield Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.6424, -113.91559

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten, Antimony
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Augite, Biotite, Hornblende, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: CHIMNEY-LIKE, TABULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Wood River Formation-Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Ne Limb Of A Nw Trending Anticline
Alteration processes:Bleaching, Silicification, Sericitization , Oxidation

References

MRDSM060181
DEP10042407
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L. AND WAGNER, W.R. 1946, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISANCE IN THE LITTLE WOOD RIVER (MULDOON) DISTRICT, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 75, P. 17-18.}{Deposit:: COOK, E.F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1946-1953, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1944-1950}{Deposit:: 1946 COMPILE USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK}{Deposit:: 1946 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 75}{Deposit:: 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108}{Production:: ITEM 1, ANDERSON, A.L., AND WAGNER, W.R., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 75; ITEM 8, PRIVATE REPORT; ITEM 9, USBM, 1946-1950, MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1944-1948; ITEMS 10-15, USBM, 1951-1953, MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1949, 1950}
ReporterEverett, Sandra E., Puffett, Willard P.