Location: | Boundary County, Idaho, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 48.89817, -116.27746 |
dep_id: | 10069939 |
mrds_id: | W007733 |
mas_id: | 160210001 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Tungsten |
Trace mineral: | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold |
Operation type: | Underground |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Scheelite |
gangue: | Calcite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
alteration: | Garnet, Epidote, Actinolite, Enstatite, Hypersthene |
conc_proc: | Minor Replacement; Hypothermal Deposition (Xenothermal?) Contact Metamorphism |
ore_ctrl: | Joints Associated With Bethlehem Fault; Wide Quartz Vein In Sill; Deposited By High Temperature Gas Phase; Mobilized By Plutonic Activity. |
Reporter: | Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) |
hrock_unit: | Late Prec Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite With Argillite & Quartz |
hrock_type: | Diorite |
arock_unit: | Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite |
arock_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 |
References: |
- 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Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ.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
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