Mine detail: Tungsten Hill Mine

Previously called 'M & FBlancheHoward WickershamBull Moose GroupChief Joseph'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.89817, -116.27746

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Late Prec Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite With Argillite & Quartz
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Bethlehem Fault Trends N 40 Deg W, Dips 45 Deg Sw Is About 100 Ft Wide., Non - Parallel Fractures; Kaniksu Batholith Nearby
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Garnet, Epidote, Actinolite, Enstatite, Hypersthene

References

MRDSW007733
MAS160210001
DEP10069939
Reference{Deposit:: Brackebusch, Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.}{Deposit:: Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 85, 31 P.}{Deposit:: Hobbs, S., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1, P. 223 - 233.}{Deposit:: 5) Soper, E. K., 1918 , Mining Districts Of Northern Idaho: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126 .}{Deposit:: 6) Livingston, D. C., 1919 , Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2 , V. 14 , 72 P.}{Deposit:: 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10}{Deposit:: 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85}{Deposit:: 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Spec. Rept. 1}{Deposit:: Cook 1955 Id Bur Mines And Geol Pamph 102 53p}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)