Mine detail: Calera Mine

Previously called 'Howe Sound Adit Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.12577, -114.35028

Resource(M)

Primary: Cobalt, Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel, Bismuth
Ore: Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Safflorite
Gangue: Biotite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Magnetite
Orebody form: Irregular LENS, PODS
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Blackbird Co Cu
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Apple Creek Formation, Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Blackbird Structural Block, Minor Folds

References

MRDSW000726
MAS160590610
DEP10067854
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219.}{Deposit:: VHAY, J.S., 1952, COBALT RESOURCES, CHAPTER V1 IN MATERIALS SURVEY, NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD.}{Deposit:: TRITES, A.F. JR. AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 157-209.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 135.}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, V.E., 1982, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE ELK CITY QUADRANGLE: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Mines and Prospects Map Series, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: REED, G.C., AND HERDLICK, J.A., 1947, BLACKBIRD COBALT DEPOSITS, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM R.I. 4012, 14 P.}{Production:: ITEM 8, UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT; ITEMS 1,2, KOSCHMANN, A.H. AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610.}
ReporterCoury, Anny B., Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat), Causey, J. Douglas, Meier, M. Lorrie, Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat