Mine detail: Tungsten Hill Mine

Previously called 'M & FBlancheHoward WickershamBull Moose GroupChief Joseph'

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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Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ.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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